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Air Force isn't axing procurement. Just because it has been tagged under ideal conditions on various occasions doesn't mean that it's survivability isn't vastly
by onepointsixC 6y ago
Air Force isn't axing procurement. Just because it has been tagged under ideal conditions on various occasions doesn't mean that it's survivability isn't vastly better than it's non stealthy alternatives.
Yes F-22's have lost dog fights, that's why their K:D's ratios aren't infinite. I really don't understand what your point is though, because the F-22 has lost a dog fight it's overwhelming win rate no longer is relevant?
And sure the F-22 is a better dog fighter but it doesn't have active production line and the costs of restarting production are exorbitantly expensive.
- hef19898 6y agoMy pint is that all air forces agree, to a certain extent, that stealth alone is not enough to over come modern air defence. It is even not sufficient to beat other somewhat stealthy fighters. And the F-35 isn't even that stealthy to begin with. The examples are to show that the F-35 is alread now, at the very beginning of its service life, hte real risk of being not as surviveable as thought.