"The cost, the out-years, it's just too expensive, we're not gonna be able to sustain it", Shanahan allegedly pointed out at the time.
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國防部長指責F*CKED-35計劃花費太貴和時間過長,太多技術問題引致延誤。
The F-35 is known to be the most expensive aircraft programme in history, with a projected lifetime cycle total cost of $1.5 trillion.
The last few years have seen the F-35 programme face a whole array of costly setbacks and technical delays.