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The F22 is nothing without the stealth capability, which will easily be overwhelmed very soon. Theres no such thing as 'invisible' to radar, just harder to see.

For example UK's PAAMs system (SAM), with a phase array radar (ie like Aegis or Patriot) plus data links to the multiple SAM's launched might have a hard time against a 36G pulling Air to Surface missile, but it'd be like shooting fish in a barrel against an 8G pulling massive aircraft that only flies at Mach 2.5

Stealth is only a short term solution, like reactive armour on tanks etc, the missiles always catch up - and it's much cheaper to develop the missile than the Aircraft / tank.

I'd just buy some F15's, and keep upgrading the long range air to air missiles every few years with the spare change.

Now SAM missiles have Link16 it matters much less that their radar is effective, the phase array radars on the ground certainly are very effective. Once the AWACS get the same technology (or even the fighters themselves ?) the Stealth game is over.