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Originally Posted by JA Boomer
Are you suggesting that these issues place the F-22A at some other position than #1 in the air-superiority position?
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I don't claim to have all the answers. Our people in uniform often pay the ultimate price. I feel we have been lied to or told half truths for at least 8 years. The blogs are abuzz with the 'omnipotent' weapons like Raptor; these beliefs are dangerous in my view. The double standard(s) forward by F-22 proponents seem to ignore basic laws of physics and the fog of war as General Patton correctly stated. Our politicians have shown to be too quick to use (or threaten to use) military power as a poor substitute for doing their job; diplomacy. Osama bin Laden is still "at large"....incredible! Abu Ghraib...incredible! The PNAC (project for a new American century)...incredible! our relationship with Pakistan...incredible! literally pallets of hard US currency vanishing in Iraq...incredible! Seeing Raptors afterburner behavior was the last straw. (The real questions likely are 1. can Raptor turn faster than Flanker can nose point? 2. Why can't flanker use the same methods to defeat AIM-120 shot as Raptor uses to defeat S-300/S-400 shot?) I know this subject is highly sensitive, but no more lies please, no hyperbole please. The buzz surrounding the Raptor reminds me of a TV commercials for men's razors; "the first blade cut incredible close...and the second blade is omnipotent!!....so to the DoD marketers; cool it will ya, people might get killed.