Because the missile costs a million dollars and now they can say that F-22 was in the first air-to-air combat. It's all ridiculous, on purpose, first rule of m

Because the missile costs a million dollars and now they can say that F-22 was in the first air-to-air combat. It's all ridiculous, on purpose, first rule of military, burn money so you can demand more. A few bullets would have been a slow descent they could track and capture far more easily. Now it's a show they can reproduce a million dollars a pop. The NSA is also now free to float balloons around the country for cellphone capture.