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To: KayEyeDoubleDee
The F-22 Raptor runs around $120 Million each. The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter runs $35 Millon each.

The F-22 Raptor, designed for the United States Air Force, is a twin-engine fighter intended primarily for air-to-air combat but also capable of attacking ground targets. It will be the stealthiest aircraft ever; thanks to new low-radar-observable designs and materials, engineers were able to lose the all-black, oddly shaped configurations of the F-117 Stealth Fighter and B-2 Bomber in favor of a more conventional design.

The Raptor, which should enter service in 2005, also features supercruise, the ability to sustain supersonic flight without the use of fuel-gulping afterburners.

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19 posted on 04/22/2009 8:57:41 AM PDT by Hodar (Who needs laws .... when this "feels" so right?)
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To: Hodar
So if a single F22 goes head-to-head with a single F35, who wins?

And even if the F-35 could come in at $35 Million [it won't - it will end up being $100+ Million just like the F22], then if a single F22 went head-to-head with three F35s, who would win?

25 posted on 04/22/2009 9:41:05 AM PDT by KayEyeDoubleDee
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