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F-22 Or F-35: The Plane Truth
Investors.com ^ | February 4, 2010 | INVESTORS BUSINESS DAILY Staff

Posted on 02/04/2010 5:54:00 PM PST by Kaslin

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1 posted on 02/04/2010 5:54:00 PM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin
With what will we fight?

UN Resolutions. /s
2 posted on 02/04/2010 5:55:21 PM PST by randomhero97 ("First you want to kill me, now you want to kiss me. Blow!" - Ash)
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To: Kaslin

There hasn’t been a Navy plane that has been worth a SH*T since the F-14 and A-6 IRONWORKS PLANES RULE! F/A-18s SUCK!


3 posted on 02/04/2010 5:56:05 PM PST by US Navy Vet
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To: Kaslin

The problem w/ defense companies is that they build secrecy into their culture. That is understandable.

Where this goes wrong is that everyone gets into the habit of lying to everyone else, and expect to be lied to in turn. Therefore, when the truth matters, it cannot be found.


4 posted on 02/04/2010 5:57:24 PM PST by TWohlford
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To: Kaslin
We may wind up defenseless and broke.

We're already broke; Obama is well on his way to making us defenseless.
5 posted on 02/04/2010 5:58:04 PM PST by Terpfen (FR is being Alinskied. Remember, you only take flak when you're over the target.)
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To: Terpfen

Right now India has more new main line fighters on order with Russia than we are planning to build. Something is wrong. We need to revive the F-22. Gates is a wimp and disaster. Find him a butt buddy and put him out to pasture.
We need a real SecDef.


6 posted on 02/04/2010 6:02:09 PM PST by Oldexpat
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To: US Navy Vet
There hasn’t been a Navy plane that has been worth a SH*T since the F-14 and A-6 IRONWORKS PLANES RULE! F/A-18s SUCK!

I've seen them all fly, and I am not impressed with the F-18 going vertical. The F-14D with the GE's was stunning.

IMHO they should have never cancelled the A12. Even overweight, it would have matched the A6 in performance and given the Navy Stealth, end of story. From there weight reduction etc. could have done. Look @ all the money for the F-18E/F. A follow on upgrade might have worked even better.

7 posted on 02/04/2010 6:02:41 PM PST by taildragger (Palin/Mulally 2012)
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To: taildragger

Tailhook 91 KILLED the F-14/A-6 community.


8 posted on 02/04/2010 6:04:10 PM PST by US Navy Vet
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To: Kaslin

F22 OR F35?

False dichotomy.


9 posted on 02/04/2010 6:04:35 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Communism comes to America: 1/20/2009. Keep your powder dry, folks. Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: US Navy Vet

This is why you don’t kill a running production line (F-22) until you are darn sure you don’t need any more.

The original plan was to replace some 1500 F-15s with 750 F-22s and now we say 187 is all we need.


10 posted on 02/04/2010 6:04:41 PM PST by djwright (I know who's my daddy, do you?)
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To: US Navy Vet

You ain’t kidding. An A-6 could carry more ordnance than two B-17s. The Navy is now trying to use the FA-18 for a replacement for the EA-6B.


11 posted on 02/04/2010 6:05:47 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Truth - Reality through the eyes of God.)
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To: US Navy Vet

“Got a new plane for ya. It’s not as fast, has less range, and has less payload than the plane it’s replacing.” At that point the Navy shoulda said “If this is a joke, [t’s in execrable taste.”


12 posted on 02/04/2010 6:06:50 PM PST by 185JHP ( "The thing thou purposest shall come to pass: And over all thy ways the light shall shine.")
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To: 185JHP

Doncha just LOVE Bush 41’s way of thinking?


13 posted on 02/04/2010 6:07:44 PM PST by US Navy Vet
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To: Kaslin

Gates also announced he is withholding $614 million in fees from the prime contractor, Lockheed Martin.


Yeah—withholding $$ from the Contractor is a great way to motivate them to do better. [/s]


14 posted on 02/04/2010 6:13:28 PM PST by rbg81 (DRAIN THE SWAMP!!)
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To: Oldexpat

Gates decided the AF didn’t know what it was doing with the F-22 and had to be spanked. It will turn out that Gates is the one who doesn’t know what he’s doing. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. NEVER believe claims about the weapons system on the drawing board—until it flies, its vaporware.


15 posted on 02/04/2010 6:16:45 PM PST by rbg81 (DRAIN THE SWAMP!!)
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To: Kaslin
Looks who is running the Pentagon show. We have a SECDEF who fires everyone for not "taking responsibility", and he won't take responsibility for himself. He has proven to be a disaster, an "Obama Yes Man", and now pushes homosexuality on our military. We have a Chairmen of Joint Chiefs who is more concerned about "Diversity" than security of our nation. The same for the Army Chief of Staff after troops and civilians were maimed and murdered.

Robert Gates Unleashed: "What Are They Going To Do, Fire Me?"

Adm. Mullen: Repealing 'Don't ask, don't tell' is the 'right thing to do'

General Casey: diversity shouldn’t be casualty of Fort Hood

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Dear God. Where is General Patton when you need him?

16 posted on 02/04/2010 6:22:09 PM PST by SkyPilot
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This is what happens when you put Obama in charge...


17 posted on 02/04/2010 6:23:38 PM PST by Thunder90 (Fighting for truth and the American way... http://citizensfortruthandtheamericanway.blogspot.com/)
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To: Oldexpat

If we want a real SecDef, we first need to get a real President.


18 posted on 02/04/2010 6:28:22 PM PST by Redleg Duke
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The biggest culprit was Carlucci who decided in 1988 to stick it to the Navy which resulted in Webb resigning as SecNav and Cheney picked up where Carlucci left off.

NAVAIR put most of their eggs in the A-12 basket and did a lousy job of effectively pleading their case when that fiasco was canceled..

19 posted on 02/04/2010 6:37:08 PM PST by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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To: randomhero97

Don’t worry, when we have a second rate military and full US rights for enemy combats, the thousands of civilian casualties will have free medical care!

This is like the satire administration.


20 posted on 02/04/2010 6:39:14 PM PST by When do we get liberated? (STATE CONTROLLED ECONOMIES SUCK ! LONG LIVE AMERICA.)
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