The senate voted that the production of the F22 must be halted by a margin of 58-40. Not only is this a major victory for Secretary of Defense Robert Gates but for president Barack Obama as well.
187 F-22s, which have cost $60 billion to develop, build, and maintain to date,is more than adequate to handle the extremely narrow and unlikely range of threats for which they might be suitable in the future. I wonder what they are going to develop next, and where all that money will go?
I'd bet on UAVs, or more specifically UCAVs in this case.
ReplyDeleteThe F35s are more useful because of their multirole capibilities, but manned airplanes are a dying breed.
Pity really, flying is a unique experience, and flying one of those is even more so.