I really don’t see why this country needs to buy these fighter jets. To defend against whom? To defend what? To attack what? To have the same people who run the F-16’s to the ground run them? To fly them at what cost per hour? Can’t hospitals use this money? Can’t Misiones use this money. US$ 1.8 billion so that men can play war games?
But since some readers know so much about these planes, maybe they can tell us whether they are worth as much as the purchase order says. Whether these are competitive international prices or not. I should buy a scanner so that when I get stuff like this I can post it easily. Here is what the purchase order says for these planes which have already been bought:
-40 Mig 29M (single seat) USD 1.332.000.000
-10 Mig 29M2 (two-seat) USD 339.660.000
-Fuel Drop tanks (ventral, underwing, pylon for
Underwing fuel drop tanks) 1lot USD 11.115.000
-Launchers and Racks USD 75.882.000
-Ground Airfield Support Systems
(for two air bases) USD 12.583.750
-Tools, Ground Test Equipment and Ground
Servicing Equipment USD 31.993.000
-Spare parts for five years USD 16.563.060
-Spare RD-33 3M Engines 10 pcs USD 34.000.000
-Pilots Outfitting USD 920.000
-Technicians Outfitting USD 15.000
-Pyrotechnies (???) USD 674.530
-Training Aids USD 6.850.000
-Operations and Maintenance USD 2.2000.000
-Training five years USD 27.980.000
-Engineering Services five years USD 6.144..825
Total USD 1.898.572.365
I did not know whether to mention or not the nomination of Hugo Chavez for the Nobel Peace Prize. I did not know whether to make fun of it or cry about it. After all, he is as qualified for that award as he is for the Physics or Chemistry award. But maybe Weil’s cartoon is the best way to say something about it.
The Devil's Excrement 
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