DOD wants to replace F-15s with F-35s.

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Is it navy or land ?

Bidding welcome to compare the cost prices will be among the most
interesting dialogue coming next, or next six-month. Looks like distinction as
increasing budget or reducing budget is becoming more and more debate of
economy and technology.

The importance of technology products are always more important than
technology gap. Year after year leaving tech as a vain side effect, do
not give military anything.

It is sure budget has to be integrated between reasonable cost and advanced
tech for today. And there is considered reliability for next decades also.

Put great emphasis on those assumptions, this debate could been under the
plans to expand The Eurofighter markets. Maybe some year Eurofighter and
F-35 are defending both above U.S. Inflation is hard to acclimatize to
U.S Air force funding balance.

 

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The point is that the F-22 isn't meant to tackle threats 50 years down the line. It is meant to tackle threats over the next 2 decades.

Using China to justify F-22 continued production is an exaggeration now.

It is also only an assumption that China will catch up. Such an economic model assumes a stagnant US and a continuing growth for China. Both are unrealistic.

China's GDP is affected by high inflation. If inflation continues as it is, high growth rates is less meaningful because actual PPP growth is reduced due to inflation. In other words, I can earn more money but I can buy less as prices go up.

Also, whilst China is a single entity, it will also have to contend with Korea, Japan, Taiwan and other neighbouring nations. Many of whom are not affected by the current economic issues facing US and will still continue to expand its armed forces.

Whilst I can understand the DoD playing up the China threat to justify its ever ballooning budgets, I think an objective view will show that it is not well-founded.

I understand that the F-22 will only deal with threats for the next 20 or so years. But in those 20 or so years, China's capbility will be incrasing.

China's economy will not continue growth at the same rate forever, but it will still grow faster than ours. Unless something terrible happens to China, their economy will overtake ours withing 4-5 decades.