F-22 Editorial For Maggie

MaggieL · 08-15-2006, 07:50 PM

If I'm arguing I was unaware of it. I haven't looked at the F-22 anywhere near as close as I have the Osprey. I don't have a firm opinion about whether it's worth having in the arsenal, or how many of them are actually needed...but I do think the writer's credentials and arguments look a little suspect.

9th Engineer · 08-15-2006, 08:54 PM

The objectives probably changed well into development, so it was a choice to either continue and turn out a working product or start over. They should have finished development of a prototype and then continued to adapt the technology for a more anti-ground role, I'm sure they wouldn't have their funding cut for that. Wouldn't take that long to twist it to carry more long range missiles so they'd be selling product anyway. Just stupid to put that many into active service.

08-15-2006, 07:50 PM	#1
MaggieL in the Hour of Scampering Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia) Posts: 4,060	If I'm arguing I was unaware of it. I haven't looked at the F-22 anywhere near as close as I have the Osprey. I don't have a firm opinion about whether it's worth having in the arsenal, or how many of them are actually needed...but I do think the writer's credentials and arguments look a little suspect. __________________ "Neither can his Mind be thought to be in Tune,whose words do jarre; nor his reason In frame, whose sentence is preposterous..."

08-15-2006, 08:54 PM	#2
9th Engineer Bioengineer and aspiring lawer Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 872	The objectives probably changed well into development, so it was a choice to either continue and turn out a working product or start over. They should have finished development of a prototype and then continued to adapt the technology for a more anti-ground role, I'm sure they wouldn't have their funding cut for that. Wouldn't take that long to twist it to carry more long range missiles so they'd be selling product anyway. Just stupid to put that many into active service. __________________ The most valuable renewable resource is stupidity.

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