Beyond that, they aren't made anymore, and require a land base. (Okinawa, for example.) In a carrier v. carrier battle, the F-22 likely won't be a factor unles

Beyond that, they aren't made anymore, and require a land base. (Okinawa, for example.) In a carrier v. carrier battle, the F-22 likely won't be a factor unless the chosen "ground" is in the operational vicinity of a land base. Granted, Wikipedia believes the avionics range for the F-22 is 250 miles. That shows some of the advantages of China's South China Sea strategy (taken straight out of the U.S. playbook with Caribbean).