Why is the F-35 so Expensive?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ต.ค. 2024
- The F-35 is one of the most technologically advanced fighter jets available to the US military, but what makes this evasive killing machine worth the over $150 million dollar price tag? Watch today's awesome video all about the militaries most prized aircraft, the F-35.
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Air Force Helmets for the F-35 cost 500,000 dollars, I think we can see why the plane costs so much.
F-35 cost $500,000 USD Dollars
@@martincastro7406 HAHAHA! I don't think a plane cost less than a mil since 1940.
@@scottricklaroque7428 I’m pretty sure there is quite a lot of planes that cost less than 1 million
@@ihavenoname4851 not even a cessena
@@hiteshadhikari Cessna 172 costs 400,000. I just searched Cessna and that’s the first thing that came up. Do your research kid.
Engineer: So what is the price of our jet?
Director: *YES*
Lol epic debate
this is like watching a flat earther fighting a spherical earther.
@Apple Tek Support if the US says they are building something then you can guarantee it's already finished.
And no America would not field it's greatest weapon straight away do you not Know anything about warfare?
I heard the cup holders raise the price a few mill.
Honestly wouldn’t be surprised
The metric system?!
Bah!
My car gets forty rods to the hogshead and that's the way I likes it.
Olkv3D cubby bttbhttb
@@ericfojtasek540 Who'd of thought it?
They need something to keep the drink in place when they are going MACH 1+ so they need a more advanced one. I know this because my dad flies the f35
The F-35A is actually cheaper than the new F-15. Much cheaper than the F-22.
That's not true. If you figure over a lifespan of the f35 dividing the 1.17 Trillion dollar cost between the number of "Potential" sales of this plane, which is an attempt ato decieve. Your statement is a lie on its face. I know someone who worked for Lockheed on both the f35 and f22 and he stated the F22 is a much better aircraft in all respects and that the production of the F22 stopped only because Lockheed could not extract as much $$ of of that platform as the F35.
@@henrytoledo4103source?
So to reduce redundancies and waste we came up with a program that created different varieties of the same aircraft and resulted in even more waste. Sounds about right for the pentagon
All of the "joint" efforts in the pentagon are such a big fail and waste of money
@Apple Tek Support ahh looks like we have a Lockheed lobbyist in the comments. 😜
@@MrAngrybaldguy akk looks like we have a Russian troll in the comments 😜
it cost more when you ask it to vertical take off and for design not to but still had the same front... if you design plane.. you don't had the same part since it made zero sense... you would had very differnt OEM.. you try to ask Benz class to be C250 and CLS and CLA.... it not the same part... OEM like that... it not Lego so it going end up cost more... that why you go with one version for one lot.. not.. try to rework a 10 years old plane.. yeah this thing is 10 years old already and still can not fly as well as 15 years old plane... that do better dog fight... it down to the desgin... not software...
@Apple Tek Support It MIGHT be successful if they can ever do what they set out to accomplish. Then it would cost less per plane to build, but we would have to build several thousand of them to average the price per plane down where it makes sense. But face it, by the time they do that it will already be time for the next generation fighter to be built as they took too long. And if they learn from their mistakes they'll go back to building the exact plane a military division needs instead of one plane doing it all. That's like making one pizza everyone in the country can agree is the best. Never happen until they invent new ingredients, and even then......
F22: Laughs in too advanced and expensive for the military
ok
F-35: $70-120 million
F-22: $180-225 million + another $100 million to update it with 2021 tech
It might come back one day
@@myusername3689 it could come back if there is a reason in the future, especially a larger scale war where we would need the best tech no matter the cost
@@lukeruyle722 it will, there already making a newer version of it called the NG-80 Raptor.
This is the best channel ever
Yes
nah
*Pewdiepie has joined the chat*
Not at all. Here are channels that do specific topics better than them.
Military - The_Chieftain
SCPU - SCP ILLUSTRATED
History - TheArmchairHistorian
Historical Militaries - Military History Visualized
Alternate Scenarios (Modern) - Binkov’s Battlegrounds
Alternate History - Alternate History Hub
The only unique thing they do are the challenges, which may or may not be faked.
Nope. In this video's case, too much misinformation.
Just a quick correction. The B variant is STOVL; short take off, vertical landing. For all intents and purposes a B variant mission ready can't take off vertically due to it's fully loaded weight. Once it comes back from a mission with less fuel and expended munitions it can land vertically. For the short take off the exhaust nozzle still points in a downward position and utilizes a ramp with no need for a catapult.
F-35
Stats: built different
It is expensive because it costs money.
There, I answered it.
F stands for f** here comes the panzerkampfwagen
Just Some Guy with a Beard
"Why didn't *I* think of that?"
1) It was not a “joint” Boeing/Lockheed effort that became the F35.
2) Boeing X32 and Lockheed x35 competed against one another.
3) Every generation of aircraft will always be more expensive than the aircraft it replaces.
4) This aircraft,although expensive, is meant to perform tasks that used to require several aircraft. During Desert Storm you needed cruise missiles to knock out communications, F4 wild weasels to knock out SAM sites, EF 111 to Jam radar, A10’s and F16’s to take out ground targets , F15’s to provide air cover and AWACS to make sure they didn’t collide with each other. It’s much cheaper if one type of aircraft can perform Air to Air, Air to Ground, Jam, collect intel etc etc...
5) The more of these sold the cheaper they become
6) The next step in military aviation will be drones
My guy you were absolutely right then, and you are now. Looking at the Russo-Ukrainian war, drone warfare is huge.
Infographics has gotten a bit better. But man some of their war vids are still hit or miss
Video suggestion: *A day in the US without laws*
So the purge but it last longer?
“Stop kidnapping me! I have human rights!”
You mean 2020?
The sheep told the dog that he was tired of the dog bossing him around.
The dog replied "What?" and the sheep clarified by telling the dog "You herd me"
I get it, “herd”
no
Relevant relevant
Stop😂
It makes sense compared to the video.
Infagrafic show: expensive technology and cool gadgets
Me: knowing it expensive because of the little people that live in the engine that make it run
"WE'RE FREE!!!"
Yeah being a tech working on them is brutal. Living in the engine isn't a saying in my country but I might try and introduce it... but maybe something living amongs the airframe, as you spend more time amongst the parts than you do in your rack.... >_
Me: Because it is the most technologically advanced fighter aircraft in the world.
Actually the f-22 raptor is
And corruption of lockheed martin and govt officials
It’s out dogfighted by a F-16. It’s trash.
@@callsignvapor07 yes in a visual simulated dogfight but a f16 will not be able get in visual range b4 the f35 radars pick it up at that point the f35 can either run away or launch. Beyond visual range air to air missile. So is the f35 the best dogfighter most definitely no...is it a very capable figter with advance systems that will in most realistic scenario where the f35 will be deployed it will come out on top yes. Does Russia , china or Eu countries have fighters that can shot down an f35 under perfect conditions sure most planes can get luck a few times but that doesnt mean they will win most of the time life the f35 will
Dogfights don’t happen anymore. What happens is whoever has the better radar, gets a lock-on, fires missiles, enemy go boom.
Why is the f35 so expensive
*Cuz it's AMERICAN*
Not exactly British factories are making there own f35 lightning 2 ssssooooooo yes originaly American but factories over the world
@@Zackislivid Yep, America needed help funding this money pit, the likes of which remind me of the Osprey, at least not in lives, yet.
Cash only
@Susan Ananda No way they would sell any of them to any other nation. Gotta wait for the aircraft to be obsolete before you sell it.
doge
They said the same thing about F-117A: that it was an evolutionary technological leap and that it was invincible. Still, they knocked him down in 1999, even though they said he was invisible ...
No one ever called the F-35 invincible. As a matter of fact, when the F-35 started, there were more critics than supporters.
Cause the pilot of the F117 was flying the same exact route as he did the last time......you don't do that!
Every assertion in this video is incorrect so far, and I’m only at 3:06. The program goes back to 1983, and was joint UK/USMC/USAF for the SSF/ASTOVL way before JAST or JSF. The silly mission profile they represented in the beginning? Yeah, Israel started doing strikes with F-35s into Syria in 2017, USMC in 2018, and USAF in 2019 and nobody stopped. Video post date is Oct 2020. Numerous articles from USMC, USAF, and Israeli news document this in detail, to include availability rates, numbers of bombs dropped, sorties flown, different mission sets accomplished in single sorties, how USMC F-35Bs working off an LHD in the Red Sea covered targets from Syria to Afghanistan, and how once the UAE saw what the F-35 is capable of, were willing to make a peace deal with Israel so they could be cleared to buy F-35As as well. The future referred to in this video is years old already, with far more complex mission sets, threats, and responses.
Nice
Here's another great video to make: How efficient would mobile suits + armour and Gundams be in present day and future modern warfare?
The costs + functionalities + usages + pros + cons = based on what we all see in the anime series throughout = Gundam universal century + Seed + 00 and so forth.
That would be all epic to see as one of your next great big videos!
Although you might want to spend the next 1000 or so more hours looking into all its fandom universe and the series before you do this long video, because it's all interesting to research through it all first in understanding everything about it and them!
The heck man, you really want to use Strike Freedom do you?
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I remember watching the late 1990’s Joint Strike Fighter documentary on Discovery Channel as a kid. Every other word in the show was “cost effective” and “inexpensive”, I remember thinking “Wow, they’re trying really hard to convince themselves it’s going to be cheap.”
Funny thing is it actually is extremely cost effective and is currently the most affordable fighter in the world.
For example, "cheap" Chinese Chengdu J-10A fighters cost $58.88 million each.
16 of them have crashed so far with 6 pilots killed, numerous homes burned on the ground. At least 1/3 of those crashes are from engine failure. Another 1/3 from unknown technical failure.
103 Flankers have crashed with 136 fatalities.
Just in the first 10 years of F-16 service, we lost 143 of them with 71 fatalities.
720+ JSF built and 15 years later...2 Bs and 2 As have crashed, only 1 B model from mechanical failure.
A model unit price is lower than any Western fighter at $77.9 million.
That really happened
@@LRRPFco52 when you look at 85 to 100 million prices on the Eurofighter and Gripen it's actually counting something more than the actual plane, the flyaway cost of the F-35 is not even the 80% of the actual weapon system cost, is just the plane without spares, or services of Lockheed Martin.
The estimated average F-35A price (for the 1700+ planes the USAF wants to adquire), is of 130 million a-piece.
Source: USAF's FY2024 Aircraft Procurement document.
@@pauloaz496 Gripen E was estimated to be $85m unit flyaway in 2015. Saab won't say what unit flyaway is, but it's higher than F-35A.
Typhoon unit flyaway is 146-152m Euros last I checked on the most recent contracts. Unit Program is well over 200m Euros per.
There's a difference between unit flyaway and unit program cost.
F-35A is more affordable than any of them in both categories. Unit program cost is air vehicle + weapons, spares, support, suspension equipment, simulators, practice training weapons, etc.
Unit program cost for F-35As with huge weapons packages are less than unit flyaway for Typhoon Tr4 or Radale F4.
Dude I was looking this up
Cap
@@destbolt23 I’m deadass
@BLaZeY probably who knows
It’s just an expensive NO U card
Lol
I mean your not wrong
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You can’t see em!”
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The F-35 is the Chrysler "K-Car" of the jet world. They're trying to make one airframe do too many different things.
I dislike the fact the "original price" was the price without profit (i.e. the price to manufacture) and the "now price" is the export price which has profit margins built in in the early comparison...
The seats of those jets better be made of fine 'Corinthian Leather'.
3 airframes for different take off and landing basing, not one airframe.
And it turns out JSF do all the jobs of legacy fighters, strikers, spyplanes, and EW platforms better than they can, at a much lower unit cost.
@@LRRPFco52 No, they arent.
@@c.l.7525 They humiliate the F-15C in A2A. They beat F-22A in A2A in LFEs since 2017, according to both Raptor and F-35A pilot interviews.
They do F-117A's job better than it ever could, and it has a stellar record of 2000 combat sorties with only 1 loss.
They do all the Viper models' jobs better than they can whether it be D-SEAD, CSAR, strike, A2A, and CAS.
They have ISTAR capabilities that smoke the U-2S, RQ-4, and MQ-9.
They have exponentially better SA than any AWACS has ever had, with superior data transfer and connectivity.
They have EW/EA capability Growlers wish they had.
C Model has 100nm+ more combat radius than the Tomcat did, plus it networks with Poseidon, RQ-4C, E-2D, Super Bug, and Surface Warfare vessels with an integrated fleet air defense/maritime patrol/AS swingrole, omnirole set.
I did a detailed analysis of the individual capabilities and mission sets of legacy fighter, strike, EW, and various aircraft platforms, and JSF simply matches or exceeds them all even in their specific domains.
2.1 billion dollars worth of lost or unaccounted for equipment?? Yep, the Chinese are very likely behind some of those lost spare parts lol.
CHiNa No 1
You gotta love how some of the US Military's firepower is not even fair. Totally OP...they should definitely patch some of these guns and killstreaks.
Yeah that sh t needs to be nerfed in a hotfix,
or its pre-order cancelled.
@@Olkv3D definitely, especially if its all skill based matchmaking. I mean think about how skewed ranked play is gonna be!!
American bias
@@dapperfield595 you would
This is why you do a contract based system. We will give you X amount to design an aircraft, if you go over budget that comes out of your pocket.
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All they need is a particle accelerator to make someone become the flash instead of spending millions on jets. 😃
the problem is, we dont know how to make particle accelerator engine, particle accelerator is big and it wont fit to aircraft.
@Chandler Howard just cuz a prototype was tested doesn't mean it has to be a success bruh
@Chandler Howard idk, the news literally said prototype
My old boss told me his Dad was a Cornnell* spelling/ and when he retired his biggest thing was to get into Defense Contract business. I can only think these same people took advantage of this for many years like Eisenhower talked about the Military Complex.
Why would I watch education shows when I can watch this and learn even more
Random fact
The Queen of the UK is the legal owner of one-sixth of the Earth’s land surface.
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True, since canada, australia, and several other nations are under the indierect control of the UK
If the F-35 is really expensive imagine how expensive the F-36 would be.
Aircraft doesn't work like that. The Aircraft prior to the F-35 was the F-22 Raptor, I doubt the next one will be called the F-36. edit:typo
Please tell me your not being serious
F-35 "I'm a new vtol jet"
F-22 "I'm still the badass jet in the world"
SU-57 "Am I a joke to you"
Yes
SU-57 cant even get produced since russia dont have funds 😂 its decoration
The SU-57 is terrible. It’s not even stealthy , do your research
@@mapletreepower7038 since it's developing into final old
F35 is a multi-role aircraft, capable of CAS, ground strikes, and CAP. Furthermore, and I'm surprised people haven't twigged to it yet, it can also be a mobile drone-tender, and can accept and relay information from drones in the area, giving it off-bore targeting so it doesn't have to light up its own radar array to achieve lock-on. The F22 is a strict CAP and A2/AD dogfighter role, capable of shooting down anything that shares the skies with it. In terms of combat against other aircraft, the F22 is still superior to the F35, but isn't as capable of providing CAS or having as much payload for ground strikes. They both have valid uses.
The su57 was obsolete before it ever got planned. The more money Russia wastes on them, the better for everyone else.
Just think how far we’d be advanced when it comes to space flight and expansion if we spent that money on that.
The us spends almost one trillion dollar on the military each year
i know the F-35 is cool and all, but i doubt it will replace the A-10, it's so threatening its worth the cost.
Any soldier on the field would rather a A10 flying above them giving ground support.
The a10 is slow and can easily be shot down it’s not great at aa combat either
Meanwhile Americans are dying in droves because we can’t afford healthcare! But atleast were “safe” from china! Lulz 😂
@@tharealrebels nobody cares about healthcare if you want it so much get a job
@@fiveguys5337 The A-10 is a rugged airplane that can take a lot of punishment, exactly what you want for a close air support plain. The F-35 might be stealthy, but I doubt it can take the same amount of damage. Stealth only works against radar guided weapon systems, it doesn’t help against other threats.
[9:09] You don't like it?
Then talk to the Union.
I LOVE Jet's, Thanks For The Facts Why F-35 Is Expensive
Is it weird to say that I might end up being a part of Lockheed Martin.
Maverick’s sneak attack caused that country 100 million dollars and it went down without a fight😂
The Military-Industrial Complex is undefeated.
bc it’s a jet, boom, now you don’t have to watch the video
nice just came to be first tho
9:35 Wow I didn't know that the F-35 was an SCP
9:36
Shows inspection team
Me:Looking at there coat
*Ah Yes*
😂
Bruh.
Love your vids
Syria- Tries to jam the radar
US-
"haha expensive budget goes no u"
I enjoy these videos
Just to clarify, Lockheed's partners for the project were northrop and BAE, Boeing was their competetor for the contract.
United States having budget concerns?!? BUDGET CONCERNS?!?!?! Your talking about a country who spent 500k on a fancy helmet and 100M on a SINGULAR plane as well as the fact that they spend ~800 BILLION on the military ALONE! In my opinion the government should be investing in an accountant.
It may cost more and take longer than it should, but the F-35 will be a menace once it is complete.
"The F14 Tomcat was too expensive"
F35: No.
I love the video
Better question should be -- why are the much older F-18 block lll Super Hornet, and F-15EX so expensive? Moreso than even the F-35. Things that make you go hmm....
Economy of scale. They are producing more F-35's now which brings down the cost.
Marshall Murdock: Rambo, you can feel totally safe because we have the most advanced weapons in the world available to us.
Rambo: I've always believed that the mind is the best weapon.
Your video is too cool,fun, and very helpful!
My friend ismael would love this vid!
He loves jets
Because cutting edge technology. There. I saved us 11 mins6
Why is it at 9:33 the people are wearing scp uniforms lol
i love how every infographics character speaks enchantment table.
The F 35 DOES NOT cost 158 M. Why would the commentator say that when in the video he states the cost of A version is $78M, B version is $101M , C version is $94M. Where they obtained the info that the tech have to spend 4 hours every two days to check fit of helmet is complete nonsense. Helmets are same for ALL pilots. Each pilot is measured and supplied with their own INSERT. Rumors that defense companies have sabotaged planes is absurd. Those so called 883 errors, called design flaws in video, all but 13 were Software related issues and had nothing to due with F35 flying capabilities. These issues were from GAO, a committee in congress to check the costs of government programs, and are NOT associated with the military. Other wise a bunch of bean counters. Commentator said new issues are found every day while flying the aircraft is an exaggeration and to magnify beyond the limits of truth. Very few, if any, new issue have be have been found recently. It should be noted that all three versions are now "Combat Capable" March 1st, 2019 "With Thursday's IOC declaration, which follows decades of testing and development, the Navy has joined the Marine Corps and Air Force, both of which have already declared their F-35 variants combat-ready."
That 1.1 Trillion Dollars is for the LIFE of the program out to year 2070. The actual cost maybe less as the drop in cost of aircraft and production from that 2001 estimation.
finally a non scp video
Those videos are more of an abomination than the scpu itself
FUN FACTS
To give you a small idea of how big 1 trillion is, if you stacked 1 trillion, one dollar bills, it would stand 63,100 miles high. Or that's 2.5 times around the earth at the equator.
1 trillion seconds equals 31,709.8 calender years.
Crossing a bit into wendover territory here Infographics Show 😬😂.
That hovering
Me just calmly waiting for 100000 people to say:
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@@RaZzMotovlog I have been fooled
@@birb0126 well done
Worth every single penny
As Scotty said; "The more you overthink the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drains."
I'd say the F-35's project drains are pretty well blocked... :P
Opposite is true. If you base your opinions on popular media and mass disinformation, you'd think the JSF Program was an utter disaster.
Then you look at safety and actual costs and say, "This is totally opposite of what we're being told."
F14 and F22: “Am I a joke to you ?”
US: F35 is soo exp-
Japan: *shut up and take my money;]*
F stands for f** here come the panzerkampfvagen
Me : the F-35 is worth billions of dollars
F-35 : i dont think so
Can you do a video on the Zumwalt class destroyer ship ?
I don’t want the warthog to go
I’m just thinking bureaucracy
9:32 hold on- is that the scp logo on those guys arms?
Hey infographic, can you please make a video about the delay of Malaysian LCS ships?
This plain is a big uno reverse card
What.......... is SCP Personnel Doing at an Air Force Base??????????
1.1 trillion dollars? People are already saying we’ll have SIXTH generation fighters soon.
It's the date 2025 and you are a fighter pilot sitting at the hangar......
Me: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Because it’s built different. Perhaps it’s a different breed If you feel so inclined.
335th dude to comment.Oh and great work yall put TONS of effort in these vids love it. Keep going!
My TH-cam feed for the past like 3 hours : ....... Infographics out of nowhere : ..... WHY IS AN F35 SO EXPENSIVE!?!?!???!!!!
This is the earliest I have been for a video
Over 150 million you say?
Wish I had that much...
* silent sobbing *
If the US citizen really knew why the F35 is So expensive via a youtube channel then so would the enmey. So yeah, this guy is spot on. Sleep easy tonight America and count your blessings
jack of all trades master of none?
Was watching ACB but this
POV: You’re watching this after eating dinner on a school day
This is true
It's an airplane animation that kids love. It would be great for children to see. I appreciate it well.
@Adam Williams true stuff, usually the comments section points it out
Thank you for the video mr. government
The public:.Make healthcare free and better
Me: Like that's ever gonna happen
That’s why you come to canada
@@toltori2445 Why I nuke canada
@@toltori2445 That's why you get a halfway decent job that provides health insurance. I LOVE my healthcare, and I can change doctors whenever I want.
that's why you wish you were Arabic
9:30 so why is the scp-fundation doing the inspection at the edwards airforce base?
Lol I didn’t notice that. I only it could be called SCP 35
It's a shared Airframe meant to last DECADES. Continuing to rebuild Harriers is a waste.
So it's the Duke Nukem Forever of defense projects.
Well between all of the precious metals, insane computing power, and decades of work and research put into them, it’s not at all surprising they cost what they do
Your video is to fun and to helpful!
wait i only just noticed this The infographics show and scp explained are the same they have the exact same animating style and the same voice how did I never notice that