Guys also , dont think that we are slacking in the arms race. Remeber the sr71 blackbird put out of service in 1971 and we learned about it in the late 80's early 90's. There is a ton of crap out there that outr govt doesnt tell us.
Let those chinese make knockoff of our raptor. The design is 10 years old (going by what the govt telsl us the first flight was) They claim production started in 2001 which really means these planes have been around since the late 90's.
Ther eis a reason why many air and space museums will have instact aircraft but any one showing a stealth has its cockpit blacked out , its engines removed and its surface sanded.
I had teh opportunity to climb abord the AWAC aircraft in 1998 and then my buddy had just enough clearance to allow me to open a door and view the stealth fighter we all know. He looked at me and said this is it. I dont have clearance to get close the the aircraft and if you try you will be shot.This was 100 yards away in a hangar at tinker airforce base in Oklahoma city. And before 9-11 crap
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