Re: America : the #1 hypocrite
"It's hard to say with the Russians and Chinese as they don't advertise their capabilities but it's likely they'd lose 2 or 3 aircraft for every 1 F-35 or F-22".
Every single part of that assertion is extremely dubious.
1. The Russians, at any rate, are far from secretive about the capabilities of their aircraft, many of which have been seen recently in action against terrorists in Syria. And we have all seen the astonishing manoeuvres of the Sukhoi fighters.
2. The F-22 is an entirely different kettle of fish from the F-35. The F-22 was designed to be the world's best fighter, and quite possibly was - 15 to 20 years ago. It's still pretty good, but they don't have nearly enough because they turned out to be fabulously expensive to build and operate. (And they lost a bunch of them to an unexpected and wholly unpredictable hurricane, in the hurricane season).
3. The F-35 was originally conceived as a cut-price approximation to the F-22 - which is probably the biggest joke of all, as the F-35 project has swallowed up far more money than the F-22 ever did. Plus, of course, the F-35 doesn't really work. It's the perfect example of the consequences of design by committee.
4. How can you guess that the Russians and Chinese would " lose 2 or 3 aircraft for every 1 F-35 or F-22", when there are very few published facts about the US fighters - and of course the F-22 is far, far better than the F-35?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
