To: lbryce
“The United States hopes to field a successor to the F-22, known as the F-35, in the coming years, and news of faster-than-expected Chinese stealth technology could add pressure on Lockheed Martin and the Pentagon to speed development.”
The F-35 is NOT a successor to the F-22, right?
15 posted on
01/06/2011 3:05:32 PM PST by
headstamp 2
("My Boss is a Jewish Carpenter")
To: headstamp 2
5000 of them would not be a good edge for us.
17 posted on
01/06/2011 3:24:13 PM PST by
screaminsunshine
(Beware the Big Government Media Complex)
To: headstamp 2
The F-35 is NOT a successor to the F-22, right? No more that the F-16 was a successor to the F-15.
18 posted on
01/06/2011 3:27:39 PM PST by
TankerKC
(Part of the Soros funded Blog Police.)
To: headstamp 2
F-22 is far superior to the F-35.
19 posted on
01/06/2011 4:11:27 PM PST by
Bulwyf
To: headstamp 2
“The F-35 is NOT a successor to the F-22, right?”
No, it was supposed to be cheaper and more numerous, with additional ground-attack capability.
“80% of the fighter at 50% of the cost” plus A/B abilities was sales pitch I heard one day.
21 posted on
01/06/2011 4:21:00 PM PST by
Jewbacca
(The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
To: headstamp 2
Not any more than a Camaro is the successor to a Lamborghini.
LLS
To: headstamp 2
"The F-35 is NOT a successor to the F-22, right?"
It is not.
Think of the F22 as the successor to the F15 and the F35 as the successor to the F16.
We have like 185 Raptors...and will be building about 2,200 of the F35.
Of course we need about 400 of the Raptor...but the F35 number is a good one.
24 posted on
01/06/2011 7:46:29 PM PST by
Mariner
(USS Tarawa, VQ3, USS Benjamin Stoddert, NAVCAMS WestPac, 7th Fleet, Navcommsta Puget Sound)
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