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"Arved Sandstrom" wrote:

Just out of curiosity, why were they not able to design conformal external
fuel tanks that also are fairly stealthy? I find it difficult to believe
that it could not be done.

Money.

Once the F-22 makes it into the inventory on a serious basis, someone's
bound to come up with something like that. They built in enough extra
pieces to make it easier when they *do* get around to it (like the wing
pylons that could, if they wanted, let them hang eight AIM-120Cs under
the wings for a total of ten).

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