![]() ![]() Russian opinions of the F-22's capabilities vary from awestruck to dismissive, according to a Jan. Many F-15 and F-16 pilots would of course dispute the latter. Pretty much every person on the planet wanted to be a pilot at some point in their life. ![]() ![]() wed get excited when wed see a plane fly overhead. THE SKIES Im not sure why pretty much all humans are fascinated by flight, but we are. Lockheed Martin and USAF analysts put the loss-exchange ratio at 30-1 for the F-22, 3-1 for the F-35 and 1-1 or less for the F-15, F/A-18 and F-16. Slo-mo video of a F-22 Raptor is the coolest thing youll see today. The operational arguments focus on combat effectiveness against top foreign fighter aircraft such as the Russian Su-27 and MiG-29. The construction cost of the F-35 will eventually go to about $100 million each as more are produced. The air force generals point out that the first 500 or so F-35s will cost $200 million each (without taking R&D into account), while F-22s only cost $145 million each (without taking R&D into account). Air Force makes a pitch to delay some F-35 production in order to build more F-22s. This information was being released as the U.S. That means a cushion of an additional 10 kilometers (5-6 miles) of detection range against enemy aircraft and missile during which it can get into position for a decisive first shot. The Northrop-Grumman/Raytheon active electronically-scanned array ( AESA) radar also turns out to have a longer effective range of about 210 kilometers, versus a 200 on the official spec sheet. However, it is known that the F-22 opened its aerial battles at about 65,000 feet during its first joint exercise in Alaska, apparently using its afterburner. In full military power (no afterburner) the Raptor can operate at just more than 50,000 feet. And acceleration – although company officials would not say from what speed or at what altitude – is 3.05 seconds quicker than the requirement of 54 seconds. Supercruise is at Mach 1.78 rather than Mach 1.5. By contrast, the F-35 is thought to be a -30 dBsm, the size of a golf ball. That classified requirement has been calculated at a -40 dBsm, about the size of a steel marble. Repeating from a statement from November, 2005, the company says that the F-22s over-performance includes a radar cross section that is "better" than was contracted for. ![]()
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