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Sundog said:bobbymike said:http://www.military.com/daily-news/2017/03/26/did-the-air-force-dash-its-hopes-for-building-more-f-22s.html
Just 20/year since cancellation and we'd be approaching 300 Raptors today. What a conventional deterrent this plane could have been. :'(
Deterrent to what? Nobody is threatening CONUS, nor has the capability to do so with the exception of SLBMs and ICBMs. By the time the J-20 or T-50 are in service, in numbers and with capabilities that matter, we'll be flying the PCA and even without it we will still have a larger more modern air force than anyone else in the world.
A deterrent to a resurgent Russian threat in Europe. A deterrent to Chinese action against Taiwan. A deterrent to a two front campaign such as wrestling with NK and Iran simultaneously.
That article is bullshit.