Meaning of âlong-windedâ in the English Dictionary. long-winded in British English. long-windedadjective. âº A long-winded speech, letter, article, etc. is too long, or uses too many words.
A longtime defense analyst and critic of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program says taxpayers next year will pay between $148 million and $337 million per jet, depending on the model.
As F-35 observers know and as the table shows, the cost documentation of the F-35 program started in 2001, not 2007. There has been a lot more cost growth than the â$117.2 billion (42 percent)â stated. Set in 2001, the total acquisition cost of the F-35 was to be $233.0 billion.