Break from the norm
My son loves watching clips on Youtube. I know he is only 2, but the fact that he can pull up clip after clip of trains and planes makes him the happiest 2 year old in the world. Lately he has been quite taken with military jets. Naturally we watch quite a few videos of the awesome F-22 Raptor.
A couple of things to mention. It is awesome. It cruises at the speed of sound, which is about twice as fast at a cruise speed as most other jets. It has a very stealthy signature, you'll notice in the video how it has to open bay doors to fire missiles/guns/etc. That keeps it stealthy and hard to get a radar lock on. It can also fly straight up at an incredible speed, great for dodging missiles and outmanuevering other jets.
So I start asking myself why we need such a fighter made of pure awesome and I see this clip of the counter part.
While scary looking, our F-22 can still kick the Su-47's butt. Of course there is only one of them made, but that can change quickly with a little money. Also we are currently developing/producing the F-35 as a cheaper cost alternative to the F-22. Anyway, I thought some readers might be interested in a little fighter update.
Oh and while I'm on the subject, what was this doing in Top Gun?
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I know I'm not the first to point out the weird homoerotic undertones to that whole movie (thank you, Mr. Tarantino), but that scene is just sick and wrong on so many levels. Would that it were the only thing about that movie that, upon further review, us just strange.
The F-22 is a beast. Kill ratios against 4th generation fighters in exercises are off the charts.
The STOVL F-35 the Marines are going to use should be sweet. Definitely a break from the norm, but an interesting one.
I just took my kids to see the F-22 yesterday at the Rhode Island Air Show. We got to see it do some of its signature manuvers. Awesome stuff.
Airshows are pretty cool, I can't wait till the airshow next month here in Brighton. I think UK airshows might be a little different, maybe more ww2 themed, but we'll just have to see.
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