B-21 Phantom

But the US has to invest in redundancy because the people who want to kill us are not stupid and will think long and hard about how to do that and where we are weak.

China with it`s vast regional ambitions is rising and a hopelessly declining Russia is trying to claw it`s way back in to relevancy - high tech weaponry is a must considering how much those two are investing in to countering US.

Exports/imports are a meaningless statistic in this case. Most of it are just goods - only US is ready and willing to engage in high-tech transfer.

I did not say US has made Poland what it is in 2016.

Such an awesome rebuttal. NOT!

1/10 for trolling attempt.

Every single time US has had to engage in strategic alliances, it has always made financial and technological that benefit the other side - South Korea is a prime example of that (Japan is one as well). It was a forgotten and backwards rice-farming nation before 1960`s.

Poland is the only true strategic partner that US has in the continental part of Europe.

Is that a mock-up of F-22 or an actual combat capable aircraft?

I sincerely hope that once they are retiring them out of service, the airframes will go to the museums - I`d visit them all in a heartbeat just to see F-22 up close in person.

Not prejudiced at all...

It`s a giant form suit.

Russian gas from the Siberian/Ural extraction sites is extemely low cost - besides, they rely on already existing infrastructure most of which was built in the 80`s/90`s.

Eurofighter Tranche 3

The pipeline theory is a myth - the gas that would be going to Europe from Qatar would become highly uncompetitive. It looses it`s economic edge once the pipe reaches 250km mark. LNG imports would be/are much cheaper.

Slash F-35A orders, keep on perfecting B and C variant and order a hardcap amount of F-22 airframes using the money you`d save by cutting down A variant orders.

How about - don`t scrap the F-35 and buy more F-22`s ?!

And then armies of rabid feminists would lynch them while citing myths like wage gap and ‘’1 in 4 rape’’ statistic.

I wonder - when the time comes and the last F-16 is retired, are they going to paint the F-35`s in to RuAF camo and have it perform that role?