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GRAPEVINE, Page 15The Pentagon's Porsche
By JANICE CASTRO
Some folks say the B-2 STEALTH BOMBER is worth its weight
in gold, but that's not true: it is now worth three times that,
thanks to defense cutbacks. The Air Force says the aircraft
cost $44.4 billion to develop. The Pentagon originally planned
to build about 130 but has scaled its orders back to 20, or a
cool $2.2 billion apiece. And costs may rise, since the Air
Force is having trouble getting the much vaunted Stealth
radar-evading technology to work properly.