Taygibay
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I say lets settle for less and wait to seeto which dirextion my mind allows to hold the umbrella when the wind starts blowing, when it blows.
You too seem to hold the same opinion as Abingdonboy but yout numbers are 114.
I would like to see some mathbhind it. 50% buying for 50% offset need to to be validatrd with data. And as far as my information goes French have gone on records to say that they will abide to 50% offset only for 36.
OK, got that! Your position makes excellent sense in general, cautious, wary even, no problemo!
The problem with small series being as you know that price goes up as numbers plummet!
I surmise this reasoning to be behind all those incredible cost claims by everyone and their sister.
So 36 not 126, same offsets, no ToT save operational but guaranteed 90% fleet availability?
I'd venture a tad over 4 B€ for that. Add 50% offsets = 6B€.
and then, ... add weapons / foreign integrations / unobtainium fur dangling dice et al and you
get a vertical take-off to the sky to test if it really has no limits say a quintillion billion $* ...
( *dollar sign cuz that would be the F-35 ).
But there is in this context you mentioned of past weights that still burden the beast, a lesson if
we remember the original full lot pricing. Time ( elapsed ) and change(s /as in new demands ) add to cost.
To correct this, the proper breakdown would imply a sliding rule pricing established ab initio.
In other words, you negotiate in the first deal the returns each additional tranche will get you.
36 = 30% offsets as is international norm / 36 more get you 38% over the 72 and two last increments
of 20 bring you 6% + 6% for a total of 50% offsets over 112 machines compared to the MMRCA's 108.
That way, your future investment is edged even if you don't use the prerogative and buy less?
You can assess each segment in light of returns of experience with goal reached if it goes well.
Reaching the half total production at large that I gave earlier makes that single client in a virtual
partnership relation with the maker. That's the level at which you can ask for the moon and for a rebate!
Good convo, later guys, Tay.
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