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Publisher of Aviation Books. 📚 WW2, Cold War and More. ✈🛩 Written by aviation enthusiasts for aviation enthusiasts! mortonsbooks.co.uk Horncastle, Lincolnshire Joined May 2020-
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@tempest_books Ukrainian Su-27s are rarer than Mig-29s
@tempest_books stealthier and faster, but less maneuverable than F-22 (at slow speed at least)
@tempest_books There were legitimate concerns at the Pentagon that Northrop could deliver F23's on time and on budget. The advanced tactical fighter program was run not long after Northrop's B2 bomber came in late and way over budget.
@tempest_books I think Lockheed did a waaaay better job of promoting and marketing with USAF than Northrop. Swings & roundabouts as to the best, both had strengths & weaknesses but I am rather fond of the YF-23. We changed after 911, budgets became an issue. There aren’t enough of them for now
@tempest_books The rule of military spending is that the prototype is cheap compared to all the additions and upgrades that are included later 😕
@tempest_books Probly not; cost is a function of production throughput. I recall reading an analysis by somebody from Northrop who said "we sent engineers to the demo; they sent salesmen"...
@tempest_books would likely have been less expensive in the long run. But Northrop offered fewer bribes to congresscritters and generals, so didn't get the contract.
@tempest_books Better in some ways, but the designers didn't realize that what the USAF really wanted was just a stealthier and slightly better version of the already-awesome F-15, not something both even better but also radically different.
@tempest_books Better at BVR kills, not necessarily mixing it. Was USAF right to choose F-22. . . ?
@tempest_books More developed, finished in terms of only needing detail improvements (rather than total redesign), as capable - and cheaper. A wasted opportunity. Even the JASDF wanted it recently. I'm partisan for F-23, sorry.
@tempest_books - Either way woulda been *fine* - where we would be better off today is if DOD had built fair bit more of either one. Nations keep having to relearn the lesson of how hard it is to fight wars with idle barracks, echoy depots, dusty hangars and weedy tarmacs. 🤷♂️
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