"R. David Steele" wrote in message
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| Should we be thinking of using the FB-22 Raptor as a replacement
| for the F/A-18 (and the F-14)?
|
|Lots of luck making a carrier landing in an F-22
|
|
| I know that the current F-22 was
| not designed to be heavy enough for naval use, but it could be
| re-engineered. They are planning to bring the FB-22 (bomber
| version that carries 30 2000 lbs bombs) online in the future.
| Why not upgrade it then?
|
|
|3 x 2000 lbs perhaps certainly not 30
|
In a bomber version, the fuselage would be longer and the wings
far larger to give the bomber greater range more than 1,600
miles, compared with the F-22's 600-plus and bomb-carrying
capacity.

That takes a little more than stretching the airframe to achieve this.
The suggested FB-22 does not have the range or mods you
claim. Such an aircraft would be a new design and given the
progress being made with UCAV's is unlikely to happen
IMHO


The FB-22 would replace the Air Force's F-15E and take
over some missions for long-range bombers such as the B-2 and
B-1. The initial design envisioned a plane that could carry 24
Small Diameter Bombs, which weigh only 250 pounds. Using Global
Positioning System guidance, the small bomb would be as lethal as
a 2,000-pound bomb.

No sir , GPS guidance systems are already available for
2000lb bombs

A regular F/A-22 would carry eight Small
Diameter Bombs. An FB-22 would carry 30.


Which would make a bomb load of 8000 lbs not
60,000

Keith




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