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I'd give it altitude possibly, but the raptor isn't a speed machine. Mach 3.5 is a speed attained by two things: Space ships and aircraft built specifically to

I'd give it altitude possibly, but the raptor isn't a speed machine. Mach 3.5 is a speed attained by two things: Space ships and aircraft built specifically to achieve it. The F-22 is neither, as cool as it is. While I don't doubt (especially with super-cruise and such) that the Raptor is significantly faster than reported, I'd be very surprised if it is actually Blackbird fast. I do agree that it "outperforms" anything I've seen, but performance isn't a speed thing alone.

jfornear 17y ago
You're probably right about the speed records. There really isn't any reason to design aircraft that fast with the satellite technology and weapon systems we have now. Yeah, sorry for editing my post. I couldn't figure out how to explain what I was trying to say. But said former Lockheed engineers did specifically claim that the F-22 breaks both speed and altitude records. I don't really know what to believe. It does seem smart to release false information about that kind of thing though.