Re: OT, Supporting our troops

Posted by Christos on August 02, 2005 at 18:21:31 from (130.108.236.239):

In Reply to: Re: OT, Supporting our troops posted by RAS on August 02, 2005 at 10:43:22:

Yes it useless - actually, to be more correct it is functionally obsolete. That plane was designed for a cold war and as such its capablities are built for it. Though, it has been retrofitted to fight for the 21st Century.

Let me ask you this, as a taxpayer, which would you rather have:
The F/A-22 which is stealthy, and is allegedly scheduled to replace the F/A-15E and costs $250,000,000.00 to build ONE
OR
The F/A-35 A-B-C aka the Joint Strike Fighter which the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps and the UK are supposed to have and operational starting in 2011. This plane is designed to be common to all three services yet, retain enough flexiblity to replace the following aircraft:

Air Force:
A-10 Warthog
F-16 Falcon
Navy:
F/A-18
Marines:
Harrier

Yet this plane (in the Air Force Version) will have some of the same avionics and stealth systems as the F/A-22. Plus, this plane costs about $50,000,000.00 to make.

So, that means the following - For the Price of ONE Functionally Obsolete F/A-22 you get FIVE JSFs. Tell me that there is not something wrong there, for 1/5 the price you get an airplane that is going to be this versatile and the other plane the '22 only replaces one.

Follow Ups:

• Re: OT, Supporting our troops CLW 21:53:11 08/02/05 (4)
  • Re: OT, Supporting our troops RAS 10:51:14 08/03/05 (0)
  • Re: OT, Supporting our troops Christos 07:27:02 08/03/05 (2)
    • Re: OT, Supporting our troops CLW 08:43:13 08/03/05 (1)
      • Re: OT, Supporting our troops Christos 09:05:41 08/03/05 (0)

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