Re: Other JSF options


"Henry J Cobb" <hcobb@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Kevin Brooks wrote:
Since the biggest chunk of the increased cost estimate is due to
increased basic material costs and higher-than-pereviously-used inflation
rates, then the cost of whatever wunderweapon you are proposing as an
alternative to future JSF production will also similarly be
affected....so your point would be?

This is due to acts of Congress rather than God.


No its due to rising global demand and static supply, just as with rising
oil prices


http://www.janes.com/aerospace/military/news/jdi/jdi060228_1_n.shtml
Soaring titanium prices, the rising cost of producing the metal and a
global shortage may hit the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme, the
first time a global materials supply concern has impacted so significantly
on the defence sector since the steel shortages after the Second World
War.

Gosh, the world is running out of titanium. I suppose we'd best stop
using it in housepaint, eyeglass frames and body piercings? ;-)


The GLOBAL rise in titanium prices is indeed a major issue for
many industries including bicycle and golf club makers.
Prices have risen 600% over the last few years. Titanium
sponge, a key aerospace material is currently trading at
around $29,000 per metric ton

The titanium in paint is of course the oxide which is
much cheaper.

Keith



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