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Given that it's the lynchpin of a family of tactical integrated systems which emphasizes armed and possibly decoy drone systems why would the manned vehicle necessarily have to be a traditional heavy fighter with a mixed load of up to 8 missiles like the F-22? It could actually be a bit lighter with less missiles and use the saved space for extra fuel fraction. The Raptor gained a bit of weight due to meddling which meant instead of a pure A-A platform they wanted to put 2 1000lb JDAMS into it. It was known as the F/A-22 for awhile there.

[QUOTE="tacitblue1973, post: 770015, member: 5476"] Given that it's the lynchpin of a family of tactical integrated systems which emphasizes armed and possibly decoy drone systems why would the manned vehicle necessarily have to be a traditional heavy fighter with a mixed load of up to 8 missiles like the F-22? It could actually be a bit lighter with less missiles and use the saved space for extra fuel fraction. The Raptor gained a bit of weight due to meddling which meant instead of a pure A-A platform they wanted to put 2 1000lb JDAMS into it. It was known as the F/A-22 for awhile there. [/QUOTE]

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