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Top 10 Most Expensive Military Planes

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F/A-18 Hornet: $94 million
First entering service in the 1980s, the twin-engine fighter plane was
the U.S.'S first strike fighter - an aircraft capable of attacking both
ground and aerial targets. It has seen action in Operation Desert Storm
and as the aircraft of the Navy's Blue Angels Flight Demonstration
Squadron. The F/A-18 is also used by Canada, Australia, Finland, Kuwait,
Malaysia, Spain and Switzerland.

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EA-18G Growler: $102 million
Hot off the presses, the Growler is a lightly armed version of the
F/A-18 fighter that has been updated for electronic warfare (it is
currently being delivered to the Navy). Growlers are capable of not only
finding and disrupting anti-aircraft radar, but also jamming enemy
communications.
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V-22 Osprey: $118 million
This tiltrotor aircraft, which takes off and lands like a helicopter but
can fly faster and farther like a fixed-wing plane, was first used in
combat in Iraq in 2007. The Osprey's production has been bedeviled by
design and construction problems: the craft claimed the lives of at
least 30 Marines and civilians during its development alone (former Vice
President Dick Cheney tried repeatedly to ground the plane). Still,
because of its range and versatility, the Marine Corps plans to deploy a
squadron of V-22s to Afghanistan by the end of the year.

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F-35 Lightning II: $122 million
Lockheed Martin's 2001 deal to build these stealth, supersonic fighter
jets was at the time the largest military contract ever. The F-35s,
intended to replace an aging aircraft arsenal, were developed as part of
a Joint Strike Fighter program between the U.S. And its allies and were
criticized as underpowered and overweight - and therefore easy targets.
Making matters worse, from 2007 to 2008, cyberspies infiltrated the 7.5
million lines of computer code that powered the Joint Strike Fighter,
raising concerns that enemies could copy the F-35's design and exploit
its weaknesses. In April 2009, Lockheed Martin said it did not believe
the program had been compromised.

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E-2D Advanced Hawkeye: $232 million
A major step forward for surveillance and reconnaissance, the Advanced
Hawkeye's powerful new radar system will increase the range of territory
an aircraft can monitor by 300%. "It can probably watch the pistachios
pop in Iran," an analyst for the think tank Lexington Institute told
National Defense in July. Though development of the plane is on track
and two test versions have been delivered to the Navy, budget cuts may
keep the planes grounded for at least a year longer than planned.
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VH-71 Kestrel: $241 million
This high-tech helicopter project, intended to replace the President's
aging chopper fleet, was running more than 50% over budget by the time
Barack Obama took office. Soon after his Inauguration, the President
announced plans to scrap the helicopters because of cost overruns. On
July 22, however, the House Appropriations Committee unanimously
approved restoring $485 million to fund the Kestrels.

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P-8A Poseidon: $290 million
Boeing's spruced-up military version of its 737 jet will be used by the
Navy to conduct anti-submarine warfare and gather intelligence. It can
carry torpedoes, missiles, depth charges and other weapons. The P-8A is
expected to go into service in 2013.

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C17A Globemaster III: $328 million
The Air Force military-transport plane is used to move troops into war
zones, perform medical evacuations and conduct airdrop missions. There
are 190 C17As in service; the aircraft is propelled by four turbofan
engines (of the same type used on the twin-engine Boeing 757) and can
drop 102 paratroopers at once. In operation since 1993, it has been used
to deliver troops and humanitarian aid to Afghanistan and Iraq.

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F-22 Raptor: $350 million
First conceived during the Cold War as an airframe to vie with Soviet
aircraft that was never built, the F-22 is touted by manufacturer
Lockheed Martin as the best overall combat plane in the world - not to
mention the most expensive. It can shoot down enemy cruise missiles, fly
long distances at supersonic speeds and avoid nearly all types of radar
detection. But the Senate debate over whether to build seven more - at a
taxpayer cost of $1.67 billion - eventually came down to the plane's
job-creating abilities. The axed project would have employed 25,000
Americans.

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B-2 Spirit: $2.4 billion
The B-2 bomber was so costly that Congress cut its initial 1987 purchase
order from 132 to 21. (A 2008 crash leaves the current number at 20.)
The B-2 is hard to detect via infrared, acoustic, electromagnetic,
visual or radar signals. This stealth capability makes it able to attack
enemy targets with less fear of retaliation. In use since 1993, the B-2
has been deployed to both Iraq and Afghanistan.
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really vitilo naku oka 3 thelsu aa globemaster, raptor n  advanced hawkeye
[img]http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/8338/image009oo.jpg[/img] idi matram lolli chicha
ee osprey knchm interesting ga undi [img]http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/7975/image003u.jpg[/img]

once again  thankyou thankyou thankyou for dedicating...

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[quote author=powerstar link=topic=55346.msg538373#msg538373 date=1270168625]
Ace mama  thankyou thankyou thankyou thankyou thankyou thankyou thankyou touch chesav  hugnsc hugnsc hugnsc hugnsc hugnsc hugnsc hugnsc
really vitilo naku oka 3 thelsu aa globemaster, raptor n  advanced hawkeye
[img]http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/8338/image009oo.jpg[/img] idi matram lolli chicha
ee osprey knchm interesting ga undi [img]http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/7975/image003u.jpg[/img]

once again  thankyou thankyou thankyou for dedicating...

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