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[-] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 months ago

The f-35 project is over budget and chock full of stupid expenses.

It still remains worth every penny for the US given it is a beyond peer platform, so is the f-22.

At the end of the day being able to win without question will almost always be worth the cost even if it was more than necessary.

[-] Chewget@lemm.ee 0 points 4 months ago
[-] Estiar@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

F-22 isn't in production anymore and it would be very expensive to start up production again. Much of the capacity to produce F-22 has been taken up by other programs such as F-35 meaning that they would need new capacity.

They actually had the opportunity to produce more F-22s with the Japanese government offering to buy and put forward a lot of money to produce more, but the US didn't see the need for more of an air superiority platform

F-22 specializes in Air Superiority or clearing the skies. It wasn't made for air to ground (even though it can do it today) In Afghanistan, there wasn't a need for more air superiority

[-] Chewget@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

Makes more sense, thank you

[-] Zink@programming.dev 1 points 4 months ago

The US keeps the F-22 to itself already, but the F-35 is basically the NATO multirole fighter jet so the US has plenty of those too.

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