er, they were building decoys continuously…
they moved out of kosovo after Milosevic decided to stop the war… almost all of their ground forces were as operational as on day one
:rolleyes:
Surviving the war is no great feat if you accomplish it by hiding instead of fighting and lose the war…
I really don’t get the fascination with how much of their forces the Serbs were able to hide. I imagine they could have preserved 100% of their forces, not to mention saved some lives, by just surrendering without a fight at all.
Good news on costs/concurrency costs:
Lower costs than expected and much lower estimates of future payments were among the good news is the new program director of the international F-35 program had in the bag when he held on Thursday 21 February held an orientation for partner during a summit in the United States. Lieutenant General Christopher Bogdan could include telling that cost estimates related to the so-called concurrency changes has been reduced by 30%, and that the actual cost so far has been far below even this level.
– I think there were many of those who have accepted early production aircraft breathed a sigh of relief when they saw those numbers, said Brigadier Morten Klever Deputy Chairman of the Norwegian fighter program and represented Norway in the meeting.
– This shows that concurrency changes, ie the need to go back and make changes in aircraft that are already built when the test program reveals deficiencies, has been shown to cost much less than first feared. The program has therefore revised down estimates for how much you should expect to spend on such changes in the future with 30%, and the actual costs incurred for such changes so far suggests that they may be even lower, explains Klever.
– This is also very positive for Norway when it suggests that the need for such changes in the Norwegian aircraft will be very small, and perhaps even less than we have taken into account. It also suggests that the structure of the plane is not as immature as many critics claim.
The unit price is reduced
Lieutenant Bogdan also said that the cost of each aircraft has been reduced much faster than the current plan had assumed.
– Right now is the cost of F-35 is actually below where they had hoped to be at this time, so it’s probably an indication that the trend is moving in the right direction. From the production line 6 (LRIP 6) will also aircraft ordered under the fixed-price contracts that we not risk getting any overruns in contract on the Norwegian aircraft, said Klever.
Norwegian aircraft will be delivered from the production line 7 (LRIP 7) and will be covered by such fixed-price contracts.
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