⚔️ War & Conflict Sep 3, 2026 · Mark Thompson

Pentagon puts $131 billion price tag on 1970s-era fighter

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Pentagon puts $131 billion price tag on 1970s-era fighter
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The Bunker appears originally at the Project on Government Oversight and is republished here with permission.President Trump designs aircraft carriers the way kids build paper airplanes. It’s just that his cost billions and can inflict far more pain than paper cuts. Nearly a decade ago, he concluded that the Navy’s plan to help launch planes from aircraft carriers using new-fangled electromagnetic-force catapults instead of the tried-and-true steam-powered versions was stupid … apparently based

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