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funny because just 3-4 years ago everyone was saying how expensive the f-22 was and couldn't even win in a dogfight. Now we want more? http://www.businessinsid
by sickbeard 10y ago
funny because just 3-4 years ago everyone was saying how expensive the f-22 was and couldn't even win in a dogfight. Now we want more?
http://www.businessinsider.com/f-22-wont-win-a-dogfight-thrust-vectoring-raptor-typhoon-eurofighter-2013-2 http://www.businessinsider.com/f-22-wont-win-a-dogfight-thru...
5 years later will there be comments saying how awesome the f-35 is and that <gasp> we should build more?
- akiselev 10y agoHuh? That article is about how thrust vectoring, a really complex and expensive piece of hardware on the F22, is unnecessary to it's main mission, which is air superiority. If the F22 doesn't need one of its most marketed features to dominate the skies, that's a good thing. The F22 is expensive but so good at its job that no other country had tried to counter it with its own design, and one of its primary problems is the health effects of extreme g forces on its pilots. The software is now modified to limit it's maneuverability just so that its pilots can remain concious.
- adventured 10y agoThat article you linked to says absolutely nothing about the F22 not winning in a dogfight. The F22 is still vastly superior to its competition.
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