GIVEN CURRENT WARS, F-35s ARE BETTER CHOICE THAN MORE F-22As

"Ed Rasimus" wrote in message
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On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:40:11 -0700 (PDT), Typhoon502
wrote:

On Jun 13, 2:16 pm, "Raymond O'Hara"
wrote:
"Typhoon502" wrote in message

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And if you think Russia and China are the only potential threats on
the horizon that the F-22 might be suitable against, you're naive and
blind.

name these threats.
and where do they get their stuff? there is us, russia,the UK and france
to
buy from.
who else has the aero-industry and the resources to build a fleet of
$100
fighters?.

Let's say India and Pakistan engage in a shooting war that has the
potential to go nuclear and/or threatens shipping and neighboring
countries. Both India and Pakistan have fourth-generation fighters,
including Indian Su-30s. If the US and/or UN intervene, the F-22 would
be at the center of any air dominance strategy because it has the
speed, radar, sensor fusion, and data sharing (and training) to sort
out airborne traffic, identify threats, and either deter or kill
aggressive combat aircraft without exposing itself to retaliation.
There's one scenario.

North Korea decides to push south. They've got MiG-23s and MiG-29s,
and unbeknownst to Western intelligence, they've got a small force of
Su-34 strike jets that are flying interdiction missions against
strategic SoKo targets. F-15s from Kadena have their hands full with
the Fulcums and can't operate effectively in the NK air defense
environment. F-22s are needed to catch the Su-34s in transit because
the Raptors can get north fast, pick out the targets with APG-77, and
make the kills without showing up on radar and thus avoiding the worst
of the SAM threat. There's another.

Venezuela decides to annex part of Guyana like Iraq went after Kuwait.
Venezuela's Su-30s have a magnitude greater combat capability than
anything that can locally be sent up to defend Guyana, and are an easy
match for F-15Cs and F-18Es. The F-22s are the only jets available
that can outfight the Su-30s, some of which turn out to be piloted by
Russian "advisors." There's another.

Those are a few scenarios. None of them are particularly wild. And
that doesn't include potential Russian, Chinese, or Middle East
brewups.

It is patently unfair to introduce anything like facts or rational
argument into a usenet discussion. We are anticipating a Supreme Court
ruling later this week confirming this basic Constitutional guarantee.
Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
www.thundertales.blogspot.com
www.thunderchief.org


facts? they are all fantasy scenarios.
saddams imaginary WMDs were a more credible threat.