The libs could be sold on that since they oppose nuclear power, but you'd just have to do one hell of an environmental impact statement.
Yes, but they love the iranian mullahs that hate W even more than they oppose nuclear power, so they would find a way to bitch about it.
The F-22 can supercruise at Mach 1.72, and has a top speed of Mach 2.42 (though it may actually go faster).
Congress currently plans to buy only about 165 F-22s, down dramatically from the 750 originally envisioned.
The F-22 is designed to do far more than take out enemy radar installations, though that would indeed be one of its strong points. It routinely outfights F-15s at a 5-1 ratio during combat exercises.
As others have pointed out, this test indicates that the F-22 will be able to take out targets while traveling at altitudes and velocitites that will make the airplane extremely difficult to acquire, let alone engage.