Most Expensive Military Planes
As military technology advances some of most expensive military aircraft in this world were created. For need of some more powerful means of defense, flying the military technology was developed. Even creating some highly cost military equipment is not debatable by people as it is wasting the government’s money but show must go on. Here is the most expensive military aircraft ever made in world.
B-2 Spirit
The B-2 bomber was very costly so the Congress cut its initial 1987 purchase order from the 132 to just 21. A 2008 crash leaves the current number at 20. The B-2 is hard to detect by the infrared, the acoustic, the electromagnetic, the visual or the radar signals. This stealth capability makes it just able to attack the enemy targets with less fear of the retaliation. In use since the 1993, B-2 has also been deployed to both the Iraq and the Afghanistan.
F-22 Raptor
First conceived during Cold War as airframe to vie with the Soviet aircraft that was never built F-22 is touted by the manufacturer Lockheed Martin as best overall combat plane in this world not to mention most expensive. It can shoot down the enemy cruise missiles, fly some long distances at the supersonic speeds and avoid nearly all type of the radar detection. But Senate debate over whether to build the seven more at taxpayer cost of around $1.67 billion eventually came down to plane’s job-creating abilities. The axed project would employ around 25,000 Americans.
C17A Globemaster III
The Air Force military-transport plane is also used to move troops into the war zones perform the medical evacuations and also conduct the airdrop missions. There are some 190 C17As in the service; the aircraft is also propelled by the four turbofan ...
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F/A-18 Hornet
First entering service in 1980s, this twin-engine fighter plane was U.S.’s first strike fighter aircraft capable of attacking both the ground and the aerial targets. It has seen action in the Operation Desert Storm and as aircraft of Navy’s Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Squadron. The F/A-18 is used by many different countries.
Summary – Top 10 Most Expensive Military Planes
Serial Top 10 Most Expensive Military Planes Worth
1 B-2 Spirit $2.4 billion
2 F-22 Raptor $350 million
3 C17A Globemaster III $328 million
4 P-8A Poseidon $290 million
5 VH-71 Kestrel $241 million
6 E-2D Advanced Hawkeye $232 million
7 F-35 Lightning II $122 million
8 V-22 Osprey $118 million
9 EA-18G Growler $102 million
10 F/A-18 Hornet $94 million
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