造價:2004年南北2部4陣面報價17.76億美元,2012年樂山1部雷達的造價14.2億美元,這個漲幅一直被感嘆臺灣當慣了“凱子”,但如果換個角度看是升級到3面陣的造價(17.76億 x 3/4=13.32億),那就處於合理範圍了。工程最後一年美方增加了2億美元的神祕元件研發費用,這很可能就是為了這第三個陣面。
According to a Feb. 28 top-secret report by the Joint Chiefs of Staff intelligence directorate, China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) had three days earlier successfully tested a new hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile called the DF-27. (The Defense Department has not confirmed the document’s authenticity.)