I dont see why the american forces need such noisy invasions; dont they have special forces for this kind of thing? You know, the world would have never known they were there?

That whole “6th Generation” business by Boeing; Boeing’s advertising is so hilarious they might as well just send spam mail to everyone’s emails.

I sincerely doubt Boeing even has a clue what a “6th Generation Aircraft” means when the 5th generation just came out.

Just out curiosity, how many gun rounds are used in an average shot? 10? 50? I’d think the number of gun kills for any modern warplane would be quite limited as they just don’t carry that many rounds nowadays.

Each spray generally lasts about 2 seconds from what I remember. For the F-22’s M61A2 a 6600 rounds a minute, that’s 220 rounds a burst. The F-22 carries 480 rounds, so technically speaking, the Gun will give you two more kills.

Technically speaking, of course. I’m sure a hot **** pilot with good aim could get more with it, but then he’d probably just end up getting shot down himself somewhere along the way…

So the F-22 Raptor has the theoretical maximum kill count of 11 aircraft for a single sortie. 8 from missiles, two from the gun, and one from ramming the enemy kamikaze style. :diablo:

Bah; the JH-7 looks so ’80s. And I’m no fan of retro.

At any rate, is there any projected replacement for the USAF E-3s in the long run?

Or at least an upgrade? I think I read an article a while back about F-22s during the excersize, and how the F-22s had a better picture of what’s going on than the supporting AWACS did. I think, anyway…

Maybe a stealthy, AESA-toting AWACS? :confused:

But I am not talking about what is comprehensive to us. A civilization that defies our known laws of physics would make light work of earth based defenses, or even looking at us right now. We simply cannot comprehend their science or even their existence…

The answer simple: the curiously humanoid aliens travel through the universe through a systematic ring of plot holes placed throughout the universe (and the story). 😀

The master aliens in turn, play their war against us like a kid playing Starcraft in his computer.

Are you saying that the invading alien forces are South Koreans!?

Indeed! Terrible waste of bandwidth and …what an utter bore. Death to topics devoted to the MRCA!! 😎

At least they’re not as bad as Tomcat vs Superhornet threads… 😮