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From: cmr@cvedc.prime.com (Chesley Reyburn)
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Subject: Bat Plane Bux
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Date: 27 Jul 89 11:30:25 GMT
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From: cmr@cvedc.prime.com (Chesley Reyburn)
This just in from US News & World Report:


		B-2		B-1B		B-52		B-29

Last Purchased	1988-?		1986		1962		1946
Number built	(132 proposed)	100		744		3,960
Cost Per Plane	$532 Mil.	$434 Mil.	$56 Mil.	$8 Mil.
Range		8,800 miles	6,400 miles	10,000 miles	3,300 miles

Note: Figures are (allegedly) adjusted for inflation at min-1990s prices.
Basic Data: U.S.AirForce, congressional Research Service, Defense Budget
Project.

Is this more bang for our bux? I get nervous thinking about being
'defended' by a diminishing number of planes that carry an increasing
cost per plane. What is there about the bat plane that warrants such
cost?

Inquiring minds want to know.

cmr

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