No Wonder The US Is Broke! $23Billion Drone Program To Replace U-2 Spy Plane -- Daily Mail
The U.S. is to spend $23billion on a fleet of drone spy planes - despite facing economic turmoil and crippling debts.
Fifty-five Global Hawks are to be built over the coming years, with each aircraft costing a staggering $218 million each.
They will replace the highly-effective U-2 spy planes which were manned by pilots and played an effective role in the cold war and more recently Afghanistan.
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Update #1: Costly Drone Is Poised to Replace U-2 Spy Plane -- New York Times
Update #2: High flying drone Global Hawk to replace US' most famous U-2 spy plane -- Economic Times
My Comment: $218 million per aircraft .... that is definitely not a cheap vehicle to use for surveillance and spying.
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