Please cite for us these systems of which you speak, and the cost-benefit comparison between them and the F-22. Give examples and numbers, please.
Oh, and cite your bona fides in this area so we can evaluate your opinions.
There is some bizarre trolling going on in this thread.
One should really do some research instead of just listening to the MSM on this subject.
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/f-22.htm
Be sure and scan the links at the bottom
If you guys knew anything about Air Force, you would have known that the F-22 has a vertical launch technology