“The debate over the F-22 has shown that some have no limit to the amount of ignorance they can acquire. Since there are a large amount of people that can’t explain why they want to cancel it or keep it going, finding true clarity is a challenge.”
(USAF photo)
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It’s less of a F22 factor, or Gate’s factor -
it’s more about the prospect that the future of US air space security over the next three decades hangs on just a handful of F22 and F35. Had the 5G aircraft not cost so much per copy; had there been a viable legacy solution; had we not been in economic slump and stretched over two war zones; legacy fleet could have soldiered on for at least a decade longer and F22 production could have been extended beyond 200.
Of course, that’s wishful thinking given the geopolitical landscape we have to work with now and over the next decade.
Given the F22′s maintainability (link), it’s not unreasonable to question just how maintenance-friendly F35 would end up to be. Hope that it won’t end up causing [crippling] havocs across allies’ air forces. F35 isn’t any bit less complex than F22 Raptor.
A “niche silver-bullet solution,”
as Gates put it, is exactly what F22 Raptor is.
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