To: varyouga
There’s not much space needed - the F22 should have replaced all of the aging and brittle F-15 - now that there isn’t enough funds to even buy a third of what is needed...
and the F-35 - who knows if and when...
22 posted on
03/11/2008 8:30:45 AM PDT by
Rummenigge
(there are people willing to blow out the light because it casts a shadow)
To: Rummenigge
The F35 was designed as a future low-cost and more versatile alternative to the F22.
I'm not sure how successful they were in keeping manufacturing costs down. Most of the cost is research so building many of them would drop the unit price significantly.
31 posted on
03/11/2008 8:37:08 AM PDT by
varyouga
("Rove is some mysterious God of politics & mind control" - DU 10-24-06)
To: Rummenigge
They would have enough to fund 5 more F22’s if Clinton, and his RINO kiss-butts, had closed down a pork barrel AFB instead of George, IMO.
41 posted on
03/11/2008 8:47:24 AM PDT by
papasmurf
(I'm not worried anymore. I read Obama's "Blueprint for Change".)
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