The impression I got from the other thread is that you were going to
refrain from sniping at people and grow up. My mistake.

Did you expect that somehow your ignorance would now go unchallenged?


Snipping out the 2/3 of your post that were without basis was intended to be
instructional for you in the future.

"Sniping" not "snipping" dumbass. As for ignorance, who are you to
make that distinction? If we need input on splaps, optical nukes, and
strakes on the F-22 feel free to chip in. Otherwise you're no more
qualified then you are implying I think *I* am. You'd think from all
of the abuse you've gotten here you'd have figured it out by now but I
guess that's giving you too much credit.






Any way the F-22 program turns out now, I will have been correct in my
agreement with the Congressman for California that the program should
have
died in '98.

*massive eye roll* No matter how it turns out huh? Well I'm glad you
are happy in that little fantasy world you've constructed for
yourself.

They are not enough F-22s to be cost competitive in an era of reliable
airborn weapons delivery platforms.

*IF* they get the full 277 they will have more than enough.

There is no 277, Ferrin and even that "full 277" is less than the "full 336"
of 2 years ago. The number of likely production F-22s is now well south of
180.

Well I'm glad you at least know that 277 is indeed less than 336. As
for not being enough how about at least attempting to back up your
claim? If you can't find any facts how about at least giving us your
"expert" opinion?





From an
air to air perspective go read up on how many F-15Cs were used in
Desert Storm. You also have to keep in mind that *reliable* and
*effective* are not interchangable.

Why would I have to keep that in mind?

Because you seem to be confusing the two.


It is the weapons themselves that
need to be effective. Wasting money on flash is of little real utility.

What good is the weapon if you can't get in a position to deploy it?




A reliable airborn weapons platform is what is required, the F-22 does not
address the issues of today's warfare, let alone tomorrow's.

A blimp would be a reliable platform. Fat lot of good it would do you
in a dogfight.