Very true.. I met a girl who works for the Dept of the Navy in the Bureau of Ships -- they build the capital ships for the Navy.

She frequently had contracts for 11 or 12 BILLION go past her desk!
It takes a lot to build a destroyer (a throwaway ship?) not to mention an aircraft carrier which I would be afraid to imagine the cost of.

With the Osprey, the costs will go down for the second and third runs once all the bugs have been worked out. The contractors will make mucho bucks on the upgrades to existing ones at that time

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