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To: Spktyr

We have the strongest military by a pretty long way and I never saw or read where we were supposed to have “thousands of F22” And btw they are an almost equal footing as the F35.

Anyway, you can but I’m not loosing sleep over what you perceive to be our military weaknesses.

I’ll pretty much accept this:

https://www.globalfirepower.com/country-military-strength-detail.asp?country_id=united-states-of-america


70 posted on 08/02/2020 12:59:13 PM PDT by billyboy15
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To: billyboy15

The F-22 was originally supposed to have at least 750 of the first revision plus sales to a few trusted allies. The follow-on version was to have at least as many, and the plan was that F-22 variants should replace all of our F-15s. We ended up with 187, of which several have been destroyed without replacements and many of which are unserviceable.

The F-35 is nowhere near as capable in air to air or even ground support as the F-22. Its integral cannon has only 200 rounds - one or two bursts. Maybe three.


71 posted on 08/02/2020 1:15:16 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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