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jpak

(41,742 posts)
Mon May 16, 2016, 08:27 PM May 2016

Secretary of Defense: F-22 Production Doesn't Need to Be Revived

Source: pddnet.com

The United States shouldn’t spend its resources reviving production of the F-22 Raptor fighter jet, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter said at a press conference at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. on May 12.

Congress released legislation in April to encourage the Air Force to resume production of the Lockheed Martin F-22, which was cancelled in 2012 by the Secretary of Defense at the time, Robert Gates.

Carter argued that producing F-22s would siphon money away from other programs, and that the military is committed to upgrading the F-22s that they already have. The original order of F-22s included only 187 aircraft, far fewer than the 749 included in the original requirement.

At the time that the Raptor was cancelled, Gates argued that it wasn’t necessary to pour more money into a high-tech aircraft when the United States was fighting primarily against insurgents using less advanced technology in Iraq and Afghanistan. The House hopes that reviving and modernizing the F-22 could ensure American technological superiority over high-tech countries like China and Russia.

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Secretary of Defense: F-22 Production Doesn't Need to Be Revived (Original Post) jpak May 2016 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author iandhr May 2016 #1
Now you've got it! Go along to get along. Octafish May 2016 #2
"Nah, we've already extracted all the bribes we could out of that program" n2doc May 2016 #3
The F-35 Plucketeer May 2016 #4
I will second that... IthinkThereforeIAM May 2016 #5
The F-22 is a mature program GreydeeThos May 2016 #6
Sad... It's a technological marvel... Blue_Tires May 2016 #7

Response to jpak (Original post)

n2doc

(47,953 posts)
3. "Nah, we've already extracted all the bribes we could out of that program"
Mon May 16, 2016, 08:53 PM
May 2016

"Now the F-35, that's a bribe and corruption machine!"

IthinkThereforeIAM

(3,072 posts)
5. I will second that...
Tue May 17, 2016, 01:24 AM
May 2016

... been in some fact fights in google F-35 group. Every aviation buff I know, some retired professional and former military pilots, flight directors, say it is junk. And have for years. It reminds me of the Johnny Cash song, One Piece at a Time:

GreydeeThos

(958 posts)
6. The F-22 is a mature program
Tue May 17, 2016, 05:39 AM
May 2016

As a mature program, the main players have moved on to other defense contracts and are involved in other high priority programs.

The absolute highest, most important, program is filling the F-35 hole up with money. Until that hole gets filled, nothing else matters.

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