Delivery of Raptor delayed

The
Eurofighter by comparison can fulfill most of the Raptor's job at
one-third of the cost.

So it's what. . .$40 million. Damn let's buy some.

My mistake, I should have said "one-half"- my apologies.


The mistake you and many others keep making is that you keep trying to
compare apples to oranges. The F-22 is in a league of it's own. It's
a Ferrari in a world of Mustangs and Cameros. Sure, a Camero *might*
equal a Ferrari on one specific point (though admittedly I can't think
of one except maybe weight) but the whole package together is an
entirely different deal. Your Eurofighter isn't a stealth aircraft.
Your Eurofighter doesn't compare in the sensor department. Your
Eurofighter comes up short in the speed department and a plethora of
other areas.








If Sukhoi built the Su-47 it would still be
less costly, more heavily armed, and more powerful with dogfighting
skills we can't duplicate. Hell, even the Superflanker costs just a
fraction of the F-22. Ansd since the USAF knows its a wasteful program
they have tried to sell other proposed versions, turning it into the
F/A-22, FB-22, and even a more distant X-44 MANTA version.

X-44 "Manta"???? You're an idiot. Do you know what the "X" in X-44
stands for? (I'll give you a hint: it doesn't stand for "X-Men")

And the X-44 is based on what airframe?- the F-22.


And again I say, so what? It was a proposal -years past- for a
modification to ONE prototype to test flight controls. Big friggin
deal. Pretty much every aircraft out there has been used for test
purposes at one time or another. It has absolutley ZERO influence on
whether any of them are bought or not.











Give us
taxpayers a break- buy the F-35 for all services.

Please explain, factually and technically, how the Raptor is 'obsolete' as
you consistently assert? Do you not believe that it is an order of magnitude
more capable than any other fighter plane in the world? If so, please cite
by using a direct comparison.

I was using dinosaur in context of the wasteful overbudget program.
The Europeans and Russians have aircraft that could take the F-22 on:
Eurofighter, Rafale, Gripen, Superflanker, Su-47, etc...

The *Gripen*???? A Block 60 F-16 would kick it's ass up around it's
ears let alone an F-22.

Have any F-22s been over Sweden lately? I bet an old Viggen could down
a Raptor!!!

LOL!! The Viggen lost out to the F-16 for the European sales so I
guess nobody else agrees with you.





You know you guys only have fun with air superiority when it comes to
striking poor, third world nations, with little or no AF, conscript
pilots... under ground control, and flying import stripped MiGs with
no spare parts.

Somebody get me a hanky.




I'm so F**king impressed by America's aerial combat
record over the last quarter century.

Me too. How many US pilots have been downed by opposing fighters?
One? Hell Russian flight demonstration teams (the guys who are
SUPPOSE to be good) have killed more of their own than that.




Let's compare it to the Israeli
record


And who were they fighting? Remind me I forget. Oh yeah , "poor,
third world nations, with little or no AF, conscript pilots... under
ground control, and flying import stripped MiGs with no spare parts"




or at least try flying air superiority over Russia, China, N.
Korea- nations that will appear in numbers and fight back with modern
equipment.


They've never really bee stupid enough to start something with us. (So
far anyway.)