But as pointed out before, we don’t know for sure how this has come to the light of the day.

Quality inspection probably. Every now and then a manufacturer checks his goods meet the specification. Since this likely wasn’t the first time a check been done, on previous checks the holes were probably within tolerances.

Oh and here we go with the exaggerations. Meanwhile other manufacturers, who all produce fighters with far higher loss rates than Eurofighter, don’t even notice this stuff.

I may be misreading your two posts, and putting 2 and 2 together to make a fish, but are you suggesting that an F22 can carry a 2000lb internally?

http://www.nellis.af.mil/photos/mediagallery.asp?galleryID=1556&page=50

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — Airman 1st Class Ashley Hill and Staff Sgt. Ragina James, 57th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aircraft armament systems weapons load team members, use a MJ-1 Jammer to load a MK-84 2000-pound bomb on a F-22 Raptor during a weapons load competition on the Nellis flightline Jan. 7. Weapons load competitions are conducted quarterly to keep Airmen sharp and recognize superior performers. Weapons load teams are evaluated for their use of the checklist, safety, and overall speed. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth)

In theory, how about two JSMs in an F-22?

In terms of actual achievements in real combat, a Lynx with Sea Skuas has probably done as well as any.

China has in my lifetime, but mostly its own citizens.

They have in my lifetime if we include the Khymer Rouge as being Chinese-backed, but then they were also US-backed.

Calling it right now: this is the beginning of the end of the American empire and the western-led world order.

I called it in September 2008.

Price of oil due to rise:

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