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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Psion" data-source="post: 4390487" data-attributes="member: 172">Tom may be technically right, but I think he lost the context of the OP. I'm the one who originally brought up the F-22 analogy. He transformed it from a fair analogy to a trivial one, causing everyone after him to miss the point.The F-22 is so expensive because it has a ton of software on it that does useful things. Designers found software to be the only viable route to add capability because they had reached the point of diminishing return when it came to adding new hardware. Every new hardware doodad on the plane had a tradeoff. Adding 10% to the airspeed of the plane and not losing other capabilities would be VERY expensive.In the context of the avenger, that's a perfect analogy. We are not going from a "equality to superiority" situation in gaining a plus on your avenger. You are adding a small benefit for a great cost. That WOULDN'T work in a sensible economy. The only situation in which such an acquisition would make sense is where a simple "pricetag/walmart" economy does not apply. In other words, situations where "magic of a bygone age", etc., apply.</blockquote>