While we were sleeping

[Mr. T]

China has a New 5th Gen. Fighter!

 

Look out World!!! China is closer than previously thought to producing a 5th Gen. fighter jet capable of rivaling the F-22 Raptor and F-35 JSF. This revelation makes the U.S. Government's decision to cancel further orders of F-22 Raptors in favor of inferior and allegedly cheaper F-35's seem shortsighted.

 

Defense experts believe nothing in production or on the horizon is capable of surpassing the F-22, but the slower single engine, less stealthy F-35 is another matter. Many nations participating in the JSF program were counting on the F-35 as a way to provide superior air capability against any potential threats, but with Russia and China quickly developing their own 5th generation aircraft, the value of the F-35 is in question.

 

The F-35 has been plagued by cost overruns and delays as well. The current price tag of the F-35 is around $150 million dollars each, up from the original estimates of $55 million dollars per unit. The far superior F-22 is being produced at around $360 million per unit, mainly because production has been capped at 180 planes, and the cost of R&D is being spread out over far fewer planes. If production of F-22's were to be resumed it is believed the planes could be produced for about $220 million per unit.

 

The F-35 was a much more enticing platform when it meant that a F-22 could be traded for three or four F-35's, but now that F-35's are being produced for around $150 million when F-22's could be produced for less than double the amount, the F-35 isn't the low cost alternative it once was. The desire for the F-35 is further lessened by the appearance of new aircraft like the Chinese J-20/J-xx and the Russian Su-50.........</H3>

 

[calfoxwc]

I figure ObaMao gave them our plans for the fighter, in return for

 

buying more of our debt.

 

He'll give away our national parks next, and then all of our homes and farms.

 

And Suv's...

 

And our borders....