let face it:
the script of this Movie is pure Junk
and scriptwriter W. D. Richter has no sense of Geography
about the Plane
The F/A-37 Talon
VTOL and Mach 4 Hypersonic flight with combined Pulse Detonation/Scramjet engines.
Range: 4,000 Nomi (7,400 km)
stealth capability, along with switchblade wings,
dual cannons for close range attacks, and an internal rotary launcher.
as first picture of Talon pop up in Internet a lot of Aviation Fans thinks: this is s top secret US Jet
Desgin of Talon and other hardware is from German artist Oliver Scholl
he start as technical artis in German SF series Perry Rhodan in 1980s
then he made the move design for: Moon 44, Independence Day, Godzilla, The Time Machine, Stealth, Jumper...
http://www.oliverscholl.com/