A few points.

Firstly – Flex and Distiller – guys I don’t know which airshows you frequent – but jeezzz – everything I have seen from the EF shows otherwise. Takeoff distance for one….. it’s display vs Gripen 2ndly….. F-16 generally impresses me a tad more but Gripen and SHornet… The delta config isn’t the worlds best for airshow levels to be honest but – its definitely no slouch.

@star – according to TVR you definitely don’t know – you don’t have the real figures. Firstly no engineers compare static TVR – its how well those engines keep going at altitude – and thats where the F-22 and EF excel reportedly. I’d be surprised if the Russian engine is a match up there. 2ndly it’s not about TWR but – T/W*D ratio – which is where the F-22 has a big advantage over the Flanker series in any situation. Same with the EF to a limited extent. I’m very skeptical about the 35’s weight savings – especially the extent of them – one massive reason is the jet is only in flight testing. It is extremely difficult to shave off such a large amount of weight as they claim to have done. The engine I can’t really comment on – but I have reason to be skeptical. But even if we take the best values for weight savings (for which I have yet to see a source about – 16500kg – except from this site – which makes one wonder what do they actually include in this figure – EW/RADAR/AVIONICS? – I have seen much larger figures around the net 17500-19000+) and take its best thrust values, ie 14000-14500kg*2. Then compare that to the F-22s worst weight figure – 19700kg and its approximate thrust range 35000lb-40000lb*2 – there is no reason to conclude that the F-22 – even at static sea level thrust isn’t margianlly better than the 35. Not to mention by the time the 35 is ordered – post flight testing – if it can maintain its claims – will the F119 not be improved in performance – they’re slated to get uprated in the near-ish future – and they definitely have a lot more gas to give if you look at the relative endurance and compare it to the F-15s engines that can be run at 37000lb thrust at the expense of endurance.
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B4B Engine

I was refering to it being used in a conventional way – in a similar manner to how IADs shoot down planes. I’m not talking about THAAD/Aegis vs Topols/Minuteman/Tridents etc – but THAAD/Aegis/PAC-3 vs cruise missiles.
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The Cigar Boss

Yeah – there is a lot of talk about the new incremental upgrade – 3.2. But I have yet to see anything saying its fully funded.

Id be surprised if 9X has the same range/speed as ASRAAM.
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60-Degree V6 Engine

Is like fighting fire with fire. The cruise missile by nature(relatively small size, stubby wing, buried engine, ground hugging profile) it’s a stealth weapon, but can be further made more stealthy by constructing it with composite materials and applying RAM over its entire surface. By then its RCS might even be smaller than the F-22.

Perhaps – but currently the stealthiest US cruise missiles aren’t close the F-22s RCS – Unless the US or Russia plan on fighting each other anytime soon – RnD won’t go into making that untrue.

The other factor is LO/VLO – is not invisible – it drops detection ranges – but a layout of F-22s between the cruise missile and the target – using 77 and 94 will create a barrier that at some point: the missiles LO has to pass through it – thus they will become detectable – and killable – the F-22 on the other hand is designed to shoot back 🙂 and kill off the dectection systems before it gets in range – unlike a CM.

Another factor as YourFather pointed out is it has to get past the US ABM shield. It is all questionable 🙂 – but I don’t see why not advertising some of the systems capabilities isn’t a good thing – as it creates a deterent – which has greater value in war than anything else.
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DODGE B-SERIES VAN HISTORY

They took a page out of the ASRAAMs book it seems. IIRC its slated for integration in 2012 if funding goes the F-22s way – in increment 3.2.
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Glass Bubblers

If the reports about the F-22 are correct – where it supposedly has an RCS of a marble/horsefly – then as Toan calculated – it would probably fall in the 0.0001m2 RCS class in the optimal head on aspect.
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MEN’S HEALTH FORUMS

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If they don’t have such missiles/means to attack an airbase – few nations do generally and the US won’t really be engaging them anytime soon – do you not think the deterent value of giving the world some – sanitis(z)ed – view of the jets capbilities is actually much more valuable than revealing all its abilities in battle – that could otherwise be avoided?
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LovelyWendie99