[freedumb2003]

Take the F-22 Light!

That should be the choice.

[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

I agree

[tallyhoe]

F-22 is a good fighter!!!

[RC one]

The X47 and its ilk have lots of potential too. They’re cheaper and much more expendable since they don’t have a pilot and they’re, potentiallly, much more maneuverable. they’ll push an airframe to the limit whereas a manned fighter pushes its pilot to the limit. The F22 and F35 are great planes but unmanned fighters is the way of the future especially if we’re fighting, oh...I don’t know...everbody.

[Atchafalaya]

Four years or so ago +/- Pukin Dog said the F35 was DOA, no way, never gonna get funded, never...DOA. Now it is all we have and it ain’t close to being in service. We in trouble.

[A.A. Cunningham]

That should be the choice.

That would be a foolish choice since it cannot operate from the deck of a CVN or LHA/LHD.

[Yo-Yo]

Take the F-22 Light! That should be the choice.

The Marines don't want stealth. They don't want air superiority. The Marines want vertcial operation to replace their AV-8Bs. If it must come wrapped in a semi-stealth package, they'll take it.

After all the work done on the F-35B, it would both be stupid to try to start over with a vertical lift F-22 derivative, and the F-22's footprint is too big to fit on the types of ships the Harrier II operates from.

The F-35B will get built, and will end up costing $300 million apiece when R&D is factored in, due to the low volume of F-35s that will end up being built.

[Starwolf]

F-22 is fundamentally inadequate for naval use. Minimal strike capability and totally unable to operate from a carrier.