Neither one, the F-22 and the JSF are useless, just as Gabe said. Made redundant by the end of the Cold War, they are programs in search of a mission. Rather than increase US security on net, they will simply serve as a spur to China (or India, or Pakistan, or whoever) to ratchet up their own wasteful military programs to keep up. Worse, they cost BILLIONS of dollars that the US taxpayer needs to keep just to stay even with (government-caused) inflation, and they apparently aren't even very good value for the money. Worse yet, once the military purchases a new fighter, the manufacturer sells the older planes to every willing customer, setting up a situation where, to maintain superiority, a new program is initiated and purchased. Just as the adversaries of F-22 pilots will likely be flying the discarded F-14 and F-16, the JSF jocks will be fighting "obsolete" F/A-18s, F-117s, and F-22s. This is NUTS, we all pay for this insanity and the weapons-makers clean up, see: http://www.libertyguys.org/home/detail.asp?ArtID=1509
Vince D You hit the nail on the head repeatedly with your last post. "they are programs in search of a mission"
Plus, the bad-old game of war between superpowers was made obsolete by nuclear arms. China will not attack us. Why would they ruin their biggest market and throw away the huge financial debt we owe them in trade for getting hit or nuked themselves?
Fighter planes, subs, missile defense systems... for what? Do terrorists have underwater or supersonic or camels now?
Where is the action? On the ground. Troops are being killed, supersonic fighters aren't being shot down. If anything troops need advanced/useful equipment arms and armor... not another hightech piece of bling for bragging rights.
Even if we had the f-ing Death Star it wouldn't help troops on the ground or prevent 1 terrorist attack.
This jet is a relic of cold war mentality & industry; its a sledgehammer when we need a screwdriver.
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Neither one, the F-22 and the JSF are useless, just as Gabe said. Made redundant by the end of the Cold War, they are programs in search of a mission. Rather than increase US security on net, they will simply serve as a spur to China (or India, or Pakistan, or whoever) to ratchet up their own wasteful military programs to keep up. Worse, they cost BILLIONS of dollars that the US taxpayer needs to keep just to stay even with (government-caused) inflation, and they apparently aren't even very good value for the money. Worse yet, once the military purchases a new fighter, the manufacturer sells the older planes to every willing customer, setting up a situation where, to maintain superiority, a new program is initiated and purchased. Just as the adversaries of F-22 pilots will likely be flying the discarded F-14 and F-16, the JSF jocks will be fighting "obsolete" F/A-18s, F-117s, and F-22s. This is NUTS, we all pay for this insanity and the weapons-makers clean up, see: http://www.libertyguys.org/home/detail.asp?ArtID=1509
Vince D
You hit the nail on the head repeatedly with your last post.
"they are programs in search of a mission"
Plus, the bad-old game of war between superpowers was made obsolete by nuclear arms.
China will not attack us. Why would they ruin their biggest market and throw away the huge financial debt we owe them in trade for getting hit or nuked themselves?
Fighter planes, subs, missile defense systems... for what? Do terrorists have underwater or supersonic or camels now?
Where is the action? On the ground. Troops are being killed, supersonic fighters aren't being shot down. If anything troops need advanced/useful equipment arms and armor... not another hightech piece of bling for bragging rights.
Even if we had the f-ing Death Star it wouldn't help troops on the ground or prevent 1 terrorist attack.
This jet is a relic of cold war mentality & industry; its a sledgehammer when we need a screwdriver.