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Statistical Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-06-09 05:39 PM
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118. Where do you get all this from?
F-22 has the highest climb rate of any modern fighter.
Lowest drag coefficent.

It has one (but not the top) highest speeds w/ afterburner but more critically it can super cruise = exceed Mach 1 w/o after burner.

Radar cross section is -40dBsM that is about the same size in echo strength as a steel ball bearing the size of a large marble.

while it is not as radar stealth as F-117 or B-2 it is much more maintenance friendly.
The other detection signatures (heat, sound, sight) are all lower than any air superiority fighter.

The F-22 is a single trick pony. It doesn't do close air support well, it isn't a long range strike fighter. You don't want to take out SAM with it and it hopefully will never need to bust tanks.

It kills other flying things. There is nothing that is as good at killing flying this as the F-22.

No worries though the OP is wrong. Nobody is canceling the F-22. Production will simply stop at a "mere" 150 units.
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