Stealth Fighter F/A-22 Raptor gets green light
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F/A-22 Raptor gets green light
The U.S. Department of Defense has given the OK to Lockheed Martin Corp. to start full-rate production of the F/A-22 Raptor stealth fighter.
The aircraft is built at Lockheed´s (NYSE: LMT) Marietta aeronautics facility and should reach initial operational capability in December 2005 at Langley Air Force Base, Va.
"The Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics) [Michael W. Wynne] approved the full rate production capability of the F/A-22," according to an acquisition decision information paper released by the Department of Defense on April 18.
This F/A-22 program milestone follows initial operational test findings in February and March by both the Air Force and the Department of Defense, which judged the aircraft to be "overwhelming effective" in its performance. Air Force pilots will be able to dominate any engagement with the Raptor and the F/A-22 will provide protection for troops no matter where they are, to an extent never before possible, Bethesda, Md.-based Lockheed said.
http://www.f-22raptor.com/
http://science.howstuffworks.com/f-22-raptor3.htm
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Hmmm juz wondering will US be planing to sell it to other countries.....the allies like UK......
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Who wants the manned fighter anymore? When the ultra speed, unmanned, stealth X45-type UCAV dominates the future sky.
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There is no news of any plans to sell the F-22 to date.I don't think US will sell F-22 to other countries. I think this will follow the case of F-14 where the only known sale of limited quantities is to Iran before the islamic revolution. This is because the US want to keep a trump card and not allow everything in its inventory to go on sale.
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what about the f-23?
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I dun know. But stealth? I seem to recall a F-117A getting shot down over Kosovo by a AAM.Originally posted by ray243:what about the f-23? -
ho boh????Originally posted by SBS1908B:I dun know. But stealth? I seem to recall a F-117A getting shot down over Kosovo by a AAM.
u gotta be pulling my legs\hands\ears
nv heard of it...should have made big news if it was true...
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It DID get shot down and it made REALLY BIG NEWS... Think you weren't watching...Originally posted by Lance_han:ho boh????
u gotta be pulling my legs\hands\ears
nv heard of it...should have made big news if it was true... 
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realli...nv watch it...when was it then???Originally posted by aerozapper:It DID get shot down and it made REALLY BIG NEWS... Think you weren't watching...
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LoL , it was reported that the F-117A's paint and composite material can cause cancers..good luck to them..
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Near Belgrade in 1999 Kosovo war.Originally posted by Lance_han:realli...nv watch it...when was it then???
1 conspiracy saying is: because Chinese operated some kind of Elctronical detectionware in the China Embassy that led to the down of a Stealth F117. a few days later, a also stealth B2 bomber flew all the way from US mainland and dropped 5 1 ton bombs into the Chinese Embassy... -
orh...but it's just a theory rite???Originally posted by coolant:Near Belgrade in 1999 Kosovo war.
1 conspiracy saying is: because Chinese operated some kind of Elctronical detectionware in the China Embassy that led to the down of a Stealth F117. a few days later, a also stealth B2 bomber flew all the way from US mainland and dropped 5 1 ton bombs into the Chinese Embassy...
hmmm..
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if i didn't recall wrongly. i had heard that parts of the stealth plane were sent into russia by trucks in a secretive deal for more ammo namely aam.
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After they shot it down, the pilot was picked up by special forces and returned home to much fanfare. They wanted to obliterate the wreckage with missiles but because the civilians were quickly there, couldn't risk that type of collateral damage.
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Yup, this story is true,reported many years ago...
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Stealth is not invincible, if you get close enough to a radar, or are unlucky enough to have any microscopic flaws in your aircraft construction, it will be far easier to see you, and once the F117 is aquired, it is a dead duck. Stealth is not cloaking, it is the delaying of detection.
And of course, the F117 is not exactly stealthy in the IR spectrum, though it is far less observable then most other aircraft, in fact, IR is one of the nuts that have yet to be cracked by stealth engineers. -
Stealth is not invincible, if you get close enough to a radar, or are unlucky enough to have any microscopic flaws in your aircraft construction, it will be far easier to see you, and once the F117 is aquired, it is a dead duck. Stealth is not cloaking, it is the delaying of detection.
And of course, the F117 is not exactly stealthy in the IR spectrum, though it is far less observable then most other aircraft, in fact, IR is one of the nuts that have yet to be cracked by stealth engineers. -
It was shot down because the USAF used the same route and at the same time a few days in a row.....the just pointed they're Anti Air stuff there and waited.
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that's the price to pay for being over-confidence. how many vietnam do they need before they stopped looking down on their tech-inferior opponent.Originally posted by |-|05|:It was shot down because the USAF used the same route and at the same time a few days in a row.....the just pointed they're Anti Air stuff there and waited. -
The A-10 uses twin fins to mask the heat sig of the engines.Originally posted by SingaporeTyrannosaur:Stealth is not invincible, if you get close enough to a radar, or are unlucky enough to have any microscopic flaws in your aircraft construction, it will be far easier to see you, and once the F117 is aquired, it is a dead duck. Stealth is not cloaking, it is the delaying of detection.
And of course, the F117 is not exactly stealthy in the IR spectrum, though it is far less observable then most other aircraft, in fact, IR is one of the nuts that have yet to be cracked by stealth engineers. -
erm the A-10 and the stealth fighter have alot of differences...