"Chad Irby" wrote in message
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"killfile" wrote:

I was reffering to air-to-air engagements. Despite the ingenious
'name change' approach, the F/A-22 really has very little in the way
of AtG capability thus far.

Except for dropping a few thousand pounds of precision-guided bombs...

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The F/A-22 won't have any PGM capability for a while yet. JDAM integration
will be relatively easy, but it won't have laser designation capability
unless some kind of external pod is integrated - and external stores means
your radar signature goes waaaay up. On the same subject, the F/A-22 isn't
going to be able to carry more than two 1000lb JDAM's without going to
external stores, until the Small Diameter Bomb enters service.

The F/A-22 was designed to be the ultimate interceptor, a Cold War
requirement that no longer exists. It might be a first-rate fighter, but
it's not a bomber yet.

The proposed F/A-22E looks pretty interesting, though.

Matt