100th F-22 Raptor delivered to U.S. Air Force

That seems like a fast delivery schedule.

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070829/law072.html?.v=101

[geetrue]

Thanks for the link ... I didn't even know the first one had
been delivered.

I hope they don't crash one taking pictures of it like they
did that beautiful high altitude spy plane.

Its that Joint Strike Fighter F-35 Lightning II which I find suspect. Development has been going on for too many years compaired to the F-22. I'm beginning to think that its a cover for some other program(s). The navy's DSRV, of which there are only two, was also a cover. That $500 hammer thing.

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by waste gate

Its that Joint Strike Fighter F-35 Lightning II which I find suspect. Development has been going on for too many years compaired to the F-22. I'm beginning to think that its a cover for some other program(s). The navy's DSRV, of which there are only two, was also a cover. That $500 hammer thing.

It is longer because it's 3 aircraft vs 1. The V/STOL design also eats considerable time. THe only thing the same between these 3 aircraft is the engine and parts of the frame, and even these are different due to nozzel design, etc.

-S

[Lafferty]

Their not wasting any time on the F/22 are they?

[The Avon Lady]

Bah! F22s are for mere human beings.

Meet the Reaper.

[Letum]

Im suprised no terrorists have made a cruise missile yet.
I am 99% sure I could make a simple pulse jet missile with a fair payload and range in a year with a budget of less than $ half million with out buying anything that would cause suspicion. :hmm:

[Chock]

Im suprised no terrorists have made a cruise missile yet.
I am 99% sure I could make a simple pulse jet missile with a fair payload and range in a year with a budget of less than $ half million with out buying anything that would cause suspicion. :hmm:

Presumably meaning a missile along the lines of the Fieseler 103?
Trouble is, the Fi 103 was a lot more complicated than people generally realise, it had numerous gyroscopes and pressure chambers inside it as part of its autopilot system. And even then, the cheapness of its construction materials often led to notorious innacuracy.

Typically the cause of this was the pulse jet burning holes through the side of the tailpipe, effectively vectoring the thrust enough to overcome the autopilot's abilities to make enough corrections to keep it on course. Which is why several of them hit my home town on Christmas Eve 1944, when they were actually aimed at another town around thirty miles away! That's quite a big miss.

Any missile of this nature would certainly need an autopilot too, and that is not cheap to do. If it was, they'd have done it. Not to mention the fact that something like that would be easily countered by standing air patrols, in fact you'd probably be doing an air force a favour by launching them, as it would be good target practice for their pilots.

Chock