[Joe 6-pack]

"I'd like to see it demonstrate its deep penetration capabilities on oh, how about a fortified undergound nuclear power facility?"

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.

[VRWCmember]

The libs could be sold on that since they oppose nuclear power,

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.

[BushMeister]

The F-22 is in most ways beyond the capabilities of the F-35

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.