F-22 Raptor Cancelled

BayaWeaver writes "Slate reports that the F-22 Raptor has been cancelled by the Senate. At an estimated price tag of $339 million per aircraft, even the powerful military-industrial-congressional complex couldn't keep this Cold War program alive in these hard times. They look very cool though and have appeared in movies like Hulk and Transformers. But not to worry too much about the future of the military-industrial-congressional complex: the F-35 Lightning II begins production next year! As a side note, in 2007 a squadron of Raptors became deaf, dumb and blind when they flew over the International Date Line."

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Re:The Lightning is no replacement for the Raptor

[mcgrew]

The f-35 Lightening is half the size

And can take off and land from an aircraft carrier.

And I've been dead right about every prediction I've made about Obama and his lunatic lefties

What would those predictions be? I see you have no slashdot journal, nor web page posted.

Let's face it, they aren't going to buy any extra Lightnings because of the reduction in the Raptor fleet.

You can't even get the present right - they're not doing away with the Raptor, the Raptor fleet isn't shrinking, they're just cancelling an order for a few additional ones. No wonder you hate Obama, you obviously only watch FOX and listen to that drug-addled radio personality. I feel sorry for you (and any other wingnuts, whether on the left or the right).