Well, the F-22 carries a potent military load whereas the Lightning carried a small pair of heatseekers for one. Drop the F-22’s load to two AAM’s and you’ll see its range extended. The F-22 operates at much higher speeds over that paltry range, giving it a chance for more sorties per day. What does the Lightning cruise at, 380 knots? The F-22 doesn’t cruise, it supercruises; that smaller range is much more worthwhile. Add in the legs of the weapons and you darn near reach the same fringe. The F-22 could fly at cruise speeds to be rated at a longer range, but it wouldn’t make much military sense.

http://mae.pennnet.com/display_article/328226/32/ARTCL/none/EXECW/1/Navy-seeks-electromagnetic-launcher-for-missiles-and-other-projectiles/

“Navy seeks electromagnetic launcher for missiles and other projectiles”

By John Keller

DAHLGREN, Va., 8 May 2008. U.S. Navy officials are approaching industry for ideas on how to design an electromagnetic launcher able to propel a ship-based missile towards its target before the missile’s engine ignites — a process called ‘cold missile launch.’

Compressed Air ftw.

Illegals are generally just as much victims of their success as Americans that lost jobs due to them. The typical immigrant worker right now is caught in a vicious cycle of indentured servitude. A single Latino foreman might have 10-12 illegals working for him and he pays them chicken scrap. The workers are getting free room & board and the foreman feels it is only his duty to cover his expenses and therefore has to take first stab at the cash. The expenses, due to a whole mess of exceptional reasons, also unfortunately exceed the workers’ wages. From our history lessons we know how those kind of rackets end up.

Think about it, India is screwing themselves by not jumping on the bandwagon and cloning the Su-30mki, too.

Apparently live weapons were carried in this parade where in years past since the breakup they used mock ups.

Fighters in the 80’s were lucky to break a true 40,000 pounds of thrust on two engines. The problem with going by their claimed thrust is that you cannot promise that thrust throughout any specific flight frame let alone the dynamic conditions when it comes to humidity, temperature, and whatnot unless you are above 36,000 feet. Below that is just playing best guesses because the air at those levels is just too variable. And if you plan the entire mission at those altitudes then you may as well be using standoff weapons that make true stealth less meaningful.

Look at the MiG-25’s paltry t/w and compare top speeds to the other mentioned machines. It is not all about t/w. Weight isn’t such a bad thing when it comes to maximum velocity.

I thought the latter plane was an F-15 at first glance but from the few pics I can find of an F-15 at that aspect the nose is way out of proportion. The F-15 nose is much shorter and narrower relative to the body and wing widths. It could very well be a Fulcrum.