And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
The Russian's SU-57 is at least going to give the F-22 big trouble, it has the missile and X band radar range 2x's plus. F-22 is old tech now, wonderful jet, worked directly on it's engine program, thats still more advanced than pretty much all engines, for now, till the Russian's get the IL-30 into serial production, but tech has moved beyond its capabilities I think from looking at all the honest straight specifications. Its not rocket science, simply technology improves always. Got to remember the 22 is essentially 90's high technology, even with the life extension, only goes so far, it doesn't have open architecture unfortunately as all Gen 5+ has.
The F-22 was the second-fastest, second-longest ranged, second highest payload carrying, second-best maneuvering, second-best plane overall in a two-plane competition.
It was also to be built in the home state of the head of the Senate Defense Appropriations Committee chairman, by a company rightfully charged about a dozen times in federal courts for defense kickbacks to government officials.
The F-23 was not.
See if you can guess why the F-22 somehow won the contract.
We should have added a bomb bay and made a stealth attack bomber.
ReplyDeleteThe F-22 was the better choice as it is still the most dominant fighter in the world.
ReplyDeleteThe Russian's SU-57 is at least going to give the F-22 big trouble, it has the missile and X band radar range 2x's plus. F-22 is old tech now, wonderful jet, worked directly on it's engine program, thats still more advanced than pretty much all engines, for now, till the Russian's get the IL-30 into serial production, but tech has moved beyond its capabilities I think from looking at all the honest straight specifications. Its not rocket science, simply technology improves always. Got to remember the 22 is essentially 90's high technology, even with the life extension, only goes so far, it doesn't have open architecture unfortunately as all Gen 5+ has.
DeleteThe F-22 was the second-fastest, second-longest ranged, second highest payload carrying, second-best maneuvering, second-best plane overall in a two-plane competition.
DeleteIt was also to be built in the home state of the head of the Senate Defense Appropriations Committee chairman, by a company rightfully charged about a dozen times in federal courts for defense kickbacks to government officials.
The F-23 was not.
See if you can guess why the F-22 somehow won the contract.
Manned equipment is having a tough go on the battlefield.
ReplyDeleteExpensive to replace when a small drone can be traded for however many millions in electronics and sensors while it's on the ground.
Those small drones are definitely changing warfare, but they aren’t going to catch a real jet going 1000 mph at 40,000 ft.
DeleteI walked by there today. Cool museum.
ReplyDeleteBiggest mistake was not putting this awesome aircraft into production.
ReplyDeleteDisagree. They stopped short, they should have also killed the POS known as the V22 and the F35.
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