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Will Obama Repeat Carter's B-1 Mistake?
IranPressNews ^ | February 1, 2009 | By Chuck Muth

Posted on 02/02/2009 9:24:22 AM PST by Fennie

The Raptor is the world's most sophisticated defense weapon in the air - and it's ours. It was conceived in the mid-eighties to replace our aging fleet of F-15s, the entire fleet of which, you may recall, was grounded over safety concerns for two months in late 2007.

Nothing in the world can match the Raptor - although Russia and China are trying hard to catch up. To give you just a bit of an idea of this plane's capabilities, in testing "a Raptor dropped a 1,000-pound JDAM (guided bomb) from 50,000 feet (passenger jets generally fly at around 35,000 feet) while cruising at Mach 1.5 (around 1,000 miles per hour), striking a moving target 24 miles away." That's roughly the distance between the Washington, DC, beltway and the Baltimore beltway.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Israel
KEYWORDS: carter; iran; iraq; islam; israel; obama
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1 posted on 02/02/2009 9:24:22 AM PST by Fennie
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To: Fennie

Do you think the Rap is better then the F/A-37?


2 posted on 02/02/2009 9:26:22 AM PST by edcoil (Hey, I found my round-tuit, guess I'll go to work now.)
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To: Fennie
"Will Obama Repeat Carter's B-1 Mistake?"

Without any question he will, and so much more.

3 posted on 02/02/2009 9:27:38 AM PST by null and void (We are now in day 14 of our national holiday from reality.)
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To: edcoil

Hard to compare apples and oranges, but when you are talking over-all 5th generation capabilities, yes, very much better.

JSF has its own strengths, to be sure.


4 posted on 02/02/2009 9:28:20 AM PST by Hulka
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To: Fennie
"a Raptor dropped a 1,000-pound JDAM (guided bomb) from 50,000 feet (passenger jets generally fly at around 35,000 feet) while cruising at Mach 1.5 (around 1,000 miles per hour), striking a moving target 24 miles away."

Huh? JDAMs are GPS guided bombs. You enter in the location you want to hit and it is guided there. You can't hit a moving target (like with a laser guided bomb) unless you get lucky enough to have it driving over the target location at exactly the right time or you find some way of constantly updating the target location on the bomb after it has been let loose.

5 posted on 02/02/2009 9:28:57 AM PST by KarlInOhio (On 9/11 Israel mourned with us while the Palestinians danced in the streets. Who should we support?)
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To: Fennie

No, he already said he was not going to build anything new. So there, problem eliminated.


6 posted on 02/02/2009 9:29:54 AM PST by WakeUpAndVote (INGSOC starts 1.20.09)
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To: Fennie

Underming the military and national defense is on Hussein’s agenda. This quisling effort will no doubt endear BO to his muslim brothers.


7 posted on 02/02/2009 9:33:16 AM PST by Neoliberalnot ((Hallmarks of Liberalism: Ingratitude and Envy))
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To: KarlInOhio

We now have laser-guided JDAMS.
New in 2008, IIRC.


8 posted on 02/02/2009 9:36:50 AM PST by SJSAMPLE
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To: Fennie
what the peanut farmer from Georgia did to the B-1 bomber. For the nation’s sake and defense, let’s hope not.

When are Americans ever going to learn? HOPE NOT?

Democrat= Anti-American

Liberal Democrat= Traitor

Marxist Liberal Democrat = Dangerous Anti-American Traitor

9 posted on 02/02/2009 9:37:17 AM PST by BILL_C (ANSWER Palin is unqualified with SO IS OBAMA, but Gov.Palin is all American, and is NOT A MARXIST!)
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To: Fennie
Here's Obama's replacement for the F-22 Raptor; the F-44 Poser.


10 posted on 02/02/2009 9:37:59 AM PST by 6SJ7 (Atlas Shrugged Mode: ON)
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To: Neoliberalnot
This quisling effort

Quisling,thought he was right........B. Hussein knows he's a traitor to the U.S..

He is frankly an enemy of the state.

11 posted on 02/02/2009 9:41:02 AM PST by Kakaze (Exterminate Islamofacism and apologize for nothing.....except not doing it sooner!)
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To: 6SJ7
The absolute cutting edge of powered aviation (in 1903):

Zero probably thinks it's still good enough ...

12 posted on 02/02/2009 9:41:37 AM PST by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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Short Answer

Iran HOPES that Obama dose to the F-22A as Carter did to the B-1A.

But actually.. its not what Obama is going to do to the Raptor.. Its the Senate appropriations committee that insist that the US can not afford to purchase the Raptor in large numbers. But yet.. our present air superiority fighter the F-15C is aging and it airframe is developing problems as the years go on.

There are many senators who have been screaming that the US dose not need new aircraft because it has no enemy to fight.. That is a dangerous assumption... China, Russia and even Europe are developing new aircraft

The Raptor is needed.. the F-35 Lightning II is needed down the road.. But politics might do more damage to the US than a enemy in the air..

13 posted on 02/02/2009 9:41:51 AM PST by Kitanis
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To: KarlInOhio

Author is an idiot or spreading misinformation.


14 posted on 02/02/2009 9:43:26 AM PST by Danae (Amerikan Unity My Ass)
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To: 6SJ7

As seen in “Mad Max—Beyond the Thunderdome” in green khaki?


15 posted on 02/02/2009 9:45:55 AM PST by pingman (Damn the parasites, full speed ahead!)
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To: edcoil

“Do you think the Rap is better then the F/A-37?”

Yep

Because the F-22A is a Real Aircraft in service and proving itself.

The F/A-37 is a fictional aircraft.. created for a very bad movie. Stealth had to be one of the worst “military” style movies created in 10 or 15 years.


16 posted on 02/02/2009 9:46:48 AM PST by Kitanis
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To: Danae; SJSAMPLE; KarlInOhio
Yes, there are LJDAM bombs now.

They work quite well. My brother was involved in testing back in the spring of 2008.

I have screen shots of the debrief 3D animation.

The author knows whereof he speaks.

17 posted on 02/02/2009 9:49:57 AM PST by TChris (So many useful idiots...)
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To: Kitanis
Iran HOPES that Obama dose to the F-22A as Carter did to the B-1A.

What on earth are you talking about? The F-22 isn't aimed at Iran. The F-22 is an air superiority fighter. Shooting down Iran's fighters would take about a minute and a half with existing technology -- no need for an expensive upgrade. The basic problem with Iran is negating their antiaircraft capabilities. F22 in its ground attack role would probably not be a step up and the US has other options that make more sense.

The F22 is aimed at maintaining core advantages over China and Russia, not Iran.

18 posted on 02/02/2009 9:54:11 AM PST by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: null and void

Whatever will result in the greatest harm, will be done by this group of clowns no administering the government. “In declining states the leadership intuitively choses the most harmful course of action.”-A Great Historian 1888


19 posted on 02/02/2009 10:02:59 AM PST by AEMILIUS PAULUS (It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
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To: Fennie
I think the defense community should try and reach out to the Prez by naming the next plane, the B-3 “the Obomber.”
20 posted on 02/02/2009 10:07:22 AM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
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