The F-22

I say hell no. It's getting rid of several thousand jobs, and will also put us a step behind China and Russia in terms of air superiority. If they perfect that design, that is.

I'm pretty sure you already know what the answer is going to be...

should it be shifted?

wtf are you even talking about?


and its the VF-22 Raptor, not the F-22. It's a Variable Fighter, which is the new term for Assault/Fighter or AF. It can run air support as well as air superiority.

I'd have to say no.

The PENTAGON doesn't want it, from what I've heard, and there might be a reason for that.
I'd say that funding should be shifted to drone fighters. That's where everything is going to be ten years from now, and we can't be investing in stuff that will be severely outdated by that time.

NT its the F-22 first it was the F/A-22 but they changed it to F-22 and its really only a replacement for the F-15 which there are only 400+ of but the real new arcraft is going to be the F-35 and that needs more money then the F-22

whatever happened to that joint strike fighter thing that was supposed to be so awesome and I kept hearing about it awhile ago?

JSFs are mostly just a term. It applies to VF and AF aircraft.

but the F-35 is probably the closest thing to a definite JSF.

anyway.


OP care to link to a relevant story?

why would you think its a good idea to make a poll with a basic question and give absolutely no information to work with?

KristallNacht wrote:JSFs are mostly just a term. It applies to VF and AF aircraft.

but the F-35 is probably the closest thing to a definite JSF.

anyway.


OP care to link to a relevant story?

why would you think its a good idea to make a poll with a basic question and give absolutely no information to work with?

point is here

whos been calling this for monthes... me

if that money goes to a Predator III I'd be happy.

We should invest all our money in

These. Energy efficient fighter planes that fire lasers.

Rasq'uire'laskar wrote:I'd have to say no.

The PENTAGON doesn't want it, from what I've heard, and there might be a reason for that.
I'd say that funding should be shifted to drone fighters. That's where everything is going to be ten years from now, and we can't be investing in stuff that will be severely outdated by that time.

If we have drone fighters ten years from now, then the Reisistance will be fighting more advanced ones in 20.

I'm telling you people, Autonomous machines are not a good idea.

They are a good idea, robots lives in place of humans. Now all we need is a army of droids robots...

drones aren't autonomous yet.

they still have pilots.

They've given the computers control of the motion, but the actual pulling of the trigger is still reserved for the human at the controls. whether its hellfire missiles from a Predator II or the machinegun on small tracked robots.

And thats the way it should stay. Why waste time and money programming self thinking robots. there unneeded we have plenty of human minds to use instead.

Cyborg army anyone?

yes please