Cost of 'Growler' jets blows out to $1.7b

By David Ellery
Updated April 18 2018 - 10:51pm, first published August 7 2012 - 3:00am

The cost to the taxpayer of converting 12 RAAF Super Hornets into $250 million electronic warfare warriors, or ''Growlers'', has increased almost six fold from $300 million to $1.7 billion.

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