Britain threatens to pull out of F-35

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Originally Posted by BigTex

That and the F-22 is faster, carries far more weapons, can engage at near 60 miles out. If I remember correctly the F-15 has to manuever the entier plane to lock and fire at a plane, while the F-22 uses a more advanced mig design so the pilot just has to look at the plane to lock and fire.

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This is the point of the F-22: It's revolutionary instead of evolutionary. For air to air combat nothing could beat the F-14D because it had 6 chances to kill at 120 miles. Instead of being a one trick pony, the F-22 is a mustang. The Brits are more trustworthy than the CIA, State Department, or the current minority party.

I wonder how long before someone writes the right algorithm to allow the stealth fighters to be seen... happened to the bombers...

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I don´t think the British government would want to give superior technology to it´s enemies, it wouldn´t help the British either.

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Fair play, old chap?

Anyway, this seems so outrageous that I imagine its just a few politicians mouthing off and in due course common sense will be restored. Pretty suspicious if not, you might almost wonder why the US administration is imagining a US vs Rest of World scenario.

Still, I say we should have learnt our lesson with the cavity magnetron, not to mention the manhatten project. Technology transfer tends to be mostly east to west across the atlantic...

Excellent article on the subject

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/...gram/index.php