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Rationale for Buying the F/A-22 Raptor

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A 3 page paper discussing the need for and history of the F/A-22 Raptor stealth fighter. In pre-development from the mid-1980s until 1991 and in active development since, the first Raptor flew in 1998. Congress will review final funding for full production at the end of 2004; the paper assesses the need for the Raptor to conclude that Congress should continue with the program. More than $72 billion has been spent on development; the US needs a successor to the F-15 fighter; and the Raptor proves itself to be superior in every way. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

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3 pages (~225 words per page)

File: CC6_KSraptor.rtf

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marks are not appearing in the plain-text version. Notes: There are no changes in the text below; Im only sending this as a revision to get a message to you. I meant to add some annotation to the bibliography but got sidetracked when my keyboard began producing text in a language of its own as deadline approached... 1. The Thompson (2004) article is a wonderful source that holds many more points than I could fit into only 3 pages, but I wanted to direct your attention to Tirpak (2004). Theres a graphic on p. 38 you might want to use in your own paper. 2. Another point I found in reading but then could not find when writing the paper is a quote from Thompson (2004), p. 8: "In basic combat configuration, the airframes radar cross-section is roughly that of an aluminum marble - a thousandth of a square meter, compared to several square meters for existing fighters. A radar that could detect current fighters at a distance of 120 miles would not see Raptor until it was 15 miles away (assuming no additional measures to mask the planes location)." 3. Using the search string "F/A-22 Raptor Stealth Fighter purchase advantage" at Google returns many useful and current items, only a few of which are included in the paper and bibliography. 4. I found no financial analyses already completed, but there are many statements cautioning against the loss of US air dominance. In your own analysis, it might be beneficial to use a simplified cost-benefit approach to justify the cost of proceeding with full production of the Raptor. Thompson (2004) states the obvious in saying that "Air dominance enables every other facet of joint warfare," as quoted in the paper. It is reasonable to state ...

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