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2006-08-03 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

New Israeli immigrant: F22 stealth bomber?

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Posted by Sherry 2006-08-03 17:27|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Why do the Israelis need the F22? Don't they already have complete, uncontested control of the skies in that region?

Posted by WhitecollarRedneck 2006-08-03 17:49|| 2006-08-03 17:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Nice to think about, but it would be best to be able to do this NOW!

Do any significant number of these things even exist today?

Do we have any of our useless CVN-hulled carriers in the area? :-)

Posted by gorb 2006-08-03 17:50|| 2006-08-03 17:50|| Front Page Top

#3 F-22's might serve them well in an attack on Iran. What they need today is about 100 Warthogs which could do some serious damage in ground attack mode.

Posted by SOP35/Rat 2006-08-03 17:51|| 2006-08-03 17:51|| Front Page Top

#4 They just need a heavy 'Mech battalion.

Posted by DarthVader 2006-08-03 17:53|| 2006-08-03 17:53|| Front Page Top

#5 Why do the Israelis need the F22? Don't they already have complete, uncontested control of the skies in that region?

Yes, but if missions and challenges change, Israel has to have the tools in its belt to deal with the problem. Geographically, they are about as big as a postage stamp, and they don't have the size or isolation that allows them luxury of a slow response to quick developments. Israel may need to attack Iran, and Iran may send SAMs or other anti-aircraft systems to whoever Israel is beating up at the moment.

Posted by gorb 2006-08-03 17:55|| 2006-08-03 17:55|| Front Page Top

#6 Just hope they don't sell the tech. They have a history of that.

Posted by 3dc 2006-08-03 17:59|| 2006-08-03 17:59|| Front Page Top

#7 We could just sell F-22s ourselves to the Chinese, thus bypassing the middleman.

Posted by Iblis">Iblis 2006-08-03 20:06|| 2006-08-03 20:06|| Front Page Top

#8 Remember that the Russians have been giving the Syrians some of their most advanced export SAM systems. We are betting that the Raptor is better than these Russian systems, and so the Israelis could pound the Syrians at will after taking them out.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-08-03 20:21|| 2006-08-03 20:21|| Front Page Top

#9 They don't need stealth fighters. They need cruise missles. We are well beyond the air war and need to get ord to a target. GPS missles are fine for that.

Posted by 49 Pan 2006-08-03 22:42|| 2006-08-03 22:42|| Front Page Top

#10 Personally, i would suggest a cheaper way - just flatten any grid square that has a radar array in it - anywhere within the Muslim Midlle East.

Tell them - "You are barbarians, and are not permitted to own radar. If you put in place anything that emits radar waves, we destroy everything within 1,000 meters of that point."

Then do it.

Cheaper thn Stealth Fighters.

Posted by Lone Ranger 2006-08-03 23:04|| 2006-08-03 23:04|| Front Page Top

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