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] Date Posted: 13:22:40 11/04/04 Thu In reply to: Trixta (UK) 's message, "Mad englishmen and dogs" on 21:15:23 11/03/04 Wed The U.K. paid for 15% of the JSF project and were allowed to specify design requirements. We get exactly what we wanted/needed at a cheap price. U.K. will build 10% of the project by value. 3000 are expected to be ordered by the U.S. govt 150 by the U.K. It is estimated that 3000 export versions will be built. taking this projected figure of 6000 aeroplanes and dividing it by 10 this would be equivalent to the U.K. building 600 aeroplanes! Rather than spending 100% of the development costs and only buying 150 of our own. British firms own 1/3 of the Eurofighter project and will order, at maximum, 232 of them. Exports will almost certainly not be as large as the JSF but they have already sold a few to Austria. This is where the U.K. lies, with as many fingers in as many pies as possible. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |