[FrankR]

"The international arms market is now flooded with Su-27 aircraft, because the Russians will sell to anybody with a bit of loose change jingling around. "

Good. Why don't we buy one and disect it to (American-ize it) tweak our jets. The Soviets copied our designs over the past 40 years, so what's the difference. Could save millions in design and research.

[hopespringseternal]

Why don't we buy one and disect it to (American-ize it) tweak our jets.

Because the problem isn't technical, we already know how to build a far better jet. It's called the F22. The problem is getting the Marxists in congress to fund it when they are still mad America won the cold war.