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 Posted: Mar 21, 2008 - 11:06 PM
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Hi all. Time for another layman's question regarding F-22 procurement. You have all probably watched at one time or another 'all time top 10 fighter aircraft' where the grading criteria has such things as, fear factor, numbers, etc. Besides the list being somewhat American biased they nevertheless rate the F-22 at # 10 due to among other things it's length of service (the show is a few years old by the way). Then they have a few 'experts' give their opinions why. And this leads to the heart of my post here; one fellow whose name escapes me puts forth the opinion that a plane like the F-15 is more highly regarded because it is JUST good enough for a SPECIFIC mission whereas the F-22 is designed with no specific mission and an exorbitant performance profile. Now firstly, why is this a negative and secondly isn't this generational leap now a 'fate accompli'? In other words what is the logic of this sort of criticism? I'm sure this fellow (an American who teaches at some military college in Edinburgh) doesn't expect the plane to be undesigned. So is he beating a dead horse or is the subtext of his observation an argument against procurement numbers, tactical role, etc? I'm sure his stance on the issue is common. I just can't figure out what it is, otherwise why would an F-22 rank lower on this list than a MIG-17 that constantly got its a$$ kicked?
Thanks to all who have answered past questions of mine.
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Posted: Mar 21, 2008 - 11:17 PM
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Posted: Mar 27, 2008 - 03:25 PM
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| why do you put F22 as one of 10,when it hasnt seen combat? |
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Posted: Mar 27, 2008 - 09:50 PM
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Posted: Mar 28, 2008 - 07:41 AM
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| thats true,but you should better consider F14\15\16\18\...old F4 had a lot of action since Vietnam...my oppinion is that E3 AWACS is also good plane, because of its electronics... |
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