SpudmanWP wrote:Per the latest budget, the WSC (Weapons System Cost) for a FY2016 F-35A should be $128 million USD which is 95 Euro.
So if the 4 Billion is WSC, then they should be able to buy 42 of them. They get cheaper after 2016 (120 in 2017, 107 in 2018, etc)
Details will have to wait till they say what the 4 Billion covers.
Would not pay attention to this article. Just some lousy journalists. Nothing special at their mind and filled space with some crap about the F35 (Same kind of journalists as one can find in the US or Canada).
No risk to come up with by these journalists, anyone knows the F35 will be ordered. Nice try, but got hardly attention
Quote: Minister Hennis van Defensie spreekt tegen dat ze voor de JSF heeft gekozen. RTL Nieuws meldt vandaag dat Hennis de JSF wil als opvolger van de F-16-straaljager en dat de meest betrokken ministers het daarmee eens zouden zijn. Het kabinet zou er morgen over praten.
Hennis zegt dat ze geen idee heeft waar dit vandaan komt en dat het bericht nergens op is gebaseerd. Ook andere bronnen spreken het bericht tegen. Ze wijzen er onder meer op dat de Algemene Rekenkamer nog bezig is met berekeningen.
http://nos.nl/artikel/517817-hennis-nog ... r-jsf.html
Translation: Hennis Minister of Defence disputes that she has chosen for the JSF. RTL Nieuws reports today Hennis wants the JSF as successor to the F-16 fighter jet and the ministers most involved would agree. The government would talk about it tomorrow.
Hennis says she has no idea where this came from and the message is based on nothing. Other sources speak against the message against as well. They point out, inter alia, the Audit Court is still working at calculations.
Budget and an order F35
What most Dutch seem not to be aware of, as well as Dutch journalists seem not to have that very much knowledge of letters to parliament.
Ordering the F35 has always been the plan to order in batches. Two batches, like the F16 was ordered in two batches as well. This will be an order for a first batch.
Some years ago published in a letter to parliament, with the numbers F35 of both batches (85)
The number 85 as at that time was mentioned was spit in two batches.
A possible second order, when a government would decide to, would be a responsibility for a next government (as published some years ago)