F-22A Produktion wurde geopfert, um einen Stealthbomber zu bauen - der nicht kommt
Mittlerweile wurde eine Studie (basierend auf einer 2011 Studie von RAND) veroeffentlich bezueglich eines moeglichen Produktionsneustarts des Raptors - Japan hat erneut Bedarf gemeldet und evtl koennten die Japaner eine technologisch abgespeckte Version erhalten.
http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/20472/retired-general-says-f-22-production-was-killed-so-that-a-new-bomber-could-liveRetired General Says F-22 Production Was Killed So That A New Bomber Could Live
Other revelations include the Next Generation Bomber was to be armed with air-to-air missiles and the B-21 is indeed one part of a family of systems.
Retired Air Force Chief of Staff General Norton Schwartz has stated in his new memoir that F-22 production was idiotically axed after building less than half the required number so that the flying force could get then-Secretary of Defense Robert Gates to approve building a new stealth bomber.
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http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/20633/exclusive-heres-the-f-22-production-restart-study-the-usaf-has-kept-secret-for-over-a-yearHere’s The F-22 Production Restart Study The USAF Has Kept Secret For Over A Year
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Axing F-22 production at just 187 examples has become one of the most hotly debated and controversial defense procurement-related decisions of our time. Today, it is widely viewed, even among the USAF's brass, that this decision—made a decade ago—was near-sighted and we continue to find out new information as to how exactly it came to pass.
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Die RAND Studie: Ending F-22A Production - Costs and Industrial Base Implications of Alternative Options
https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monographs/2010/RAND_MG797.pdf
