F-22 Raptor 5th Generation Stealth Fighter

Re: F-22 Raptor: The New Threat to the PLAAF

MIGleader said:

quote:Training is always a major factor in air combat. Does the PLAAF and PLAN have electronic training ranges similar to that of Russia or the US?


china is huge, bigger than the u.s. what else do you expect them to do with that space?

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Actually, the US is larger than CHina in terms of land mass.

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No, China is a bit bigger in land mass.

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BrotherofSnake said:

No, China is a bit bigger in land mass.

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Nope US is larger. You are forgetting Alaska.




Rank Country Area (square kilometers)
1 Russia 17,075,400
2 Canada 9,976,140
3 United States 9,629,091
4 China 9,596,960
5 Brazil 8,511,965
6 Australia 7,686,850
7 India 3,287,590

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Of Course The Us Is Bigger, You Forgot The Add Their New Piece Of 437,072 Square Km Of Estate, They Have In The Middle East!!!!

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and the estate they own in japan, and europe. did you forget columbia?
where di you get this info, idont? in school, we learn china is larger than u.s
remeber. china includes taiwan.

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I always thought Taiwan was a seperate country because they have their own government and military.

strike version of the F-22? Can you say JSF? Let's be realistic here, not even the US can make THAT many F-22s. First of all there is no need, second....it would just kill the JSF program. Let's not forget that the F-22 was designed from the onset as an air superiority fighter and NOTHING more. There is a reason why the weapons bay is so small-it only carries AA weapons. The FB-22 is just some LH-M wetdream that got published in Popular Science.

oh, and by the way, the USN actually operates 2 flankers....they purchased them from a certain ex USSR splinter nation.

P.S.

Raven, I'm actually interesting in your version of the F-117 incident. What I've heard is that the flight pass of the nighthawk didn't change for 2 weeks, nor did the time of strike. Thus the OPFOR was able to put a mobile system in place to shoot it down.

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BTW, Which two flankers?

The F-22 is for air domance, the F-22 doesnt need for ground attack roles, the massive number of B-1, B-2, and even the B-52 can get the job done and better.

Isnt this what China is afraid of? The unrestricted amount of bombing on Chinese soil as China can do nothing, just like WWII? *Sheer Opinion*

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FB-22 is likely to be canceled in favor of the much cheaper F-35. There is simply no money.

The US would use more F-16s and F-18s for strike missions, not necessarily heavy bombers.

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Well yea, but i meant in unrestrcited bombing campaign, like unload a massive payload instead of just destroying certain targets