The producers of the F-22 Raptor, America’s newest and most advanced warplane are in trouble. The U.S. airforce has slashed their orders of the plane from 750 to less than 200 and the manufacturers are looking to congress to repeal the ban on selling the jets to external buyers. Japan has always expressed an interest in buying F-22s to replace their now outdated fleet of F-4s bought way back in the 70s but at $130 million a pop Japan might look elsewhere for an upgrade such as Europe’s Eurofighter Typhoon.
F-22 Raptors
I previously thought that since Japan was such a staunch ally of the US that they would be receiving F-22s with no worries, I don’t think that Japan will never receive any I just think it will just take a little while longer than expected for the bureaucrats in America’s Congress to allow it.
The problem is all the technology that was developed by the US and Lockheed.
They are currently unwilling to release it to the world and as the only country with these fighters it presents a superiority.
They will probably recieve the F-35 which is the commercial version of the F/A-22 without the Specialty tech load out designed with the US, which makes it more flexible and cheaper.
Sorry my last line might cause misunderstanding, I meant without the "specialty tech" it would be "cheaper and more flexible".
this technology they are trying to hide will get out to the world one way or another.
the F-35 is a stripped down version, i wouldn’t be surprised if it had some kind of killswitch that can be controlled from the pentagon
I do not think the U.S. should be selling our war planes. What if Japan changed its political attitude? We could be in for some nasty situations…