MasterP said:
The F-22 is much faster than F-35. While 20% larger, the F-22 has twice as many internally housed missiles than the F-35. The F-35’s stealth hasn’t been well described in relation to anything and it’s usually described in relation to last-gen planes like the F-16. The F-22 has the same radar signature as a steel marble and isn’t dependent on paint like the F-117 was which is why I question the article saying the paint wearing off in rain makes it less stealthy.
F-22 is not faster than the F-35. F-35 has clocked higher speeds with the Naval Version than the F-22’s fastest time can reach. When they put the VTOL engine in it for the Army and Marine version it is significantly slower than the F-22. Payload yea ill agree. The F-22 could take out Ireland if it wanted to, but the F-22 is considered a “Defense Bomber” so it has to carry a punch. F-35 was designed to be more maneuverable and like you said, replace the F-16 and F-15 but from the Lockheed journal my family gets every month, when looking at stealth signatures, the F-16 looks like a flying house, the F-22 looks like a Bird, and the F-35 looks like a dragonfly. Now if that is propaganda for investors or actually true i cannot verify lol.
I would say that there is a whole lot the article isn’t saying that Lockheed and The Dept of Def do not want you to know about the F-22 so they say the issue is in the “paint”.