As if no one is selling weapons to our enemies, or is building the Su-47/S-37 Berkut...
Posted on 04/19/2005 5:24:36 AM PDT by Gengis Khan
The F/A-22 ain't a jobs program. It's 20 years of unchallengable US air superiority, and one of the most impressive feats of human engineering ever.
The USAF's transport fleet is disintegrating from overuse. Without more C-17s, the F-22 will be useless because the US will not have the capacity to airlift support personnel and parts to where the F-22s are based. It's that simple.
Yes and so incredibly effective in fighting terrorists.
There is nothing like a stealthy, fast fighter aircraft to take on car bombers as they cross our borders.
If we took the Air force and returned it to the Army as the Army Air Corp we might get some air weapons worth having in this brave new world.
Nothing like spending billions on weapons to fight a Soviet Union that no longer exists.
Well, I see that you've left your brain at home this morning....
I am of course concerned about car bombs and terrorist. But I am more concerned about the war we will most likely have with China in 10 years. This aircraft is needed.
The Chinese are still around and they're not building car bombs.
My big fear for the F-22 is that unmanned, ground-controlled, suicide aircraft costing about $2 million each will be able to easily knock it from the sky in the not-too-distant future. And if we can build such craft, so can China.
As if no one is selling weapons to our enemies, or is building the Su-47/S-37 Berkut...
And nations all over the world are buying new, improved Migs from Russia. Some nations who don't like us or our allies very much.
Damn, CT, think for a minute. Maybe you need a little more java?
The PAK FA is a joint development between Russia and India to produce a fifth generation fighter to replace the ageing Migs. PAK FA is scheduled to enter into service in 2009. This would be the first such joint development venture between India and Russia.
The Sukhoi Bureau has been chosen for the development. Obviously with India jointly developing the PAK-FA fighter will help greatly to increase the development stages of the aircraft by committing massive funds to Sukhoi to boost the development phase.
The "Perspektivnyi Aviatsionnyi Kompleks Frontovoi Aviatsyi" fighter is meant to be a counter to the US F-35 JSF.
In 'Tator's defense, I'm so often 100% wrong, he can be forgiven for taking the opposite point of view =)
$250 million per plane, that's a lot of money for one fighter.
These are often referred to as "missiles".
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I get a little testy because people seem to forget that the WOT is only the CURRENT war, not what the future might become. Our opposing nations don't see the WOT as we do, and think us more a threat, so I think it's best to be able to defend ourselves with the best weaponry possible.
The customer dropped the number of units after the money had been primarily spent. Kinda drives up the price. If more orders come in, and economy of scale will decrease the price.
If the unmanned aircraft hits it's target, does it's ground crew then commit suicide?
How about weighing in on this new flying machine.
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