[PapaBear3625]

With it’s stealth and long-range, air-to-air missile capability, the advantage of the F-22 is that it can stand off and take out enemy aircraft before it is “seen.”

The problem comes when an administration orders positive visual ID of the target before firing.

[riverdawg]

“The problem comes when an administration orders positive visual ID of the target before firing.”

Yes, that presumably was the “rules of engagement” reference in an earlier post in this thread.