DTN News - CANADA DEFENSE NEWS: Tories Shrug Off Multiple Warnings On Fighter-Jet Price Tag....NSI News Source Info # 1863(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - April 27, 2011:
Stephen Harper tried to reassure Canadians Tuesday that taxpayerswon’t get soaked by a rising price tag for 65 stealth fighter-bombers the Conservatives are buying from the Americans.
The Department of National Defence said this week it’s been warned to expect the per-unit price of the F-35 jets might be higher than the $75-million it’s been advertising to Canadians.
This follows two developments that could spell trouble for the Conservatives: a recent Pentagon report detailing rising production costs for the jets as well as leaked U.S. defence paper that suggests 30 years of maintenance costs could be three times higher than Ottawa has acknowledged.
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