Raymond Blohm says F-22s only carry eight missiles and fire two at a time, so all the enemy has to do is throw enough expendable fighters at P-22s to exhaust their missile supplies (AW&ST Mar. 30, p. 8). Then it will be F-22 cannons against their missiles; a kill ratio of 4:1. If this is all F-22s are good for, then perhaps we could get by with something less sophisticated that could carry far more missiles and have a higher kill ratio. But he wants to buy more F-22s, presumably because they are more sophisticated. Which is it: Are the F-22s so unsophisticated that we need more to keep up with an enemy throwing missile bait at them, or are they so sophisticated that they have a better kill ratio than 4:1?
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