what were they thinking?

[totient]

$11.2 billion for a replacement for Marine One? You could build a deep-bore tunnel from the White House to Andrews for half a billion. No wonder Obama is reviewing that program.

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[palmwiz.livejournal.com]

Apparently there are 28 of them, and they fly 5 at once in a shell-game pattern to make it hard to tell which one the President is in. They also ship them all over the world; it's not just for jaunts to Andrews. What I don't understand is how come all five of the ones they fly at once have to cost $400 million.