Ok, HOW STUPID is it to even CONSIDER building the FA-22 RAPTOR?

[Tyler Durden]

Poll question: Ok, HOW STUPID is it to even CONSIDER building the FA-22 RAPTOR?

The FA-22 RAPTOR is designed to evade state if the art detection, fly faster than any comparable platform, handle the highest level of weaponry,

There's just one problem: none of these currently exist except in our arsenal: are WE at war with OURSELVES?

Does ANYONE think wasting money on this enormously expensive and incredibly USELESS weapon is a GOOD IDEA? Nobody HERE I certainly hope.

[Robb]

1. When you play tennis,

Do you beat your wife? I love a loaded question. :)

Here's my take on the Raptor. The F-15 fleet it's supposed to "replace" will begin to exceed their service lives in 2014, a year after the last F-22 is to be delivered. This sort of makes some sense.

Also, given the way "our" assets and technologies have a way of drifting elsewhere, I see no problem with having a capability to defend against our own toys. Actually, it's a methodology we've been employing for years. Build a spear, build a shield at the same time.

...and I certainly recognize that describing the Raptor as a "shield" is a wholly imperfect analogy.

Sorry if this is a little heavy for the Lounge!

[proud patriot]

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