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So, about a decade ago, it was $10 billion and five years just to get to the point that you could start making them again. And that seems to kinda handwave the fact that they haven't made an F-119 engine from scratch in 20-some years.[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.twz.com/20633/exclusive-heres-the-f-22-production-restart-study-the-usaf-has-kept-secret-for-over-a-year[/URL]So maybe it's not physically impossible to ever make more F-22s, but it's not possible to do it as a quick stopgap while we consider NGAD options. An F-22 restart would kill any chance of NGAD for a decade at least.
So, about a decade ago, it was $10 billion and five years just to get to the point that you could start making them again. And that seems to kinda handwave the fact that they haven't made an F-119 engine from scratch in 20-some years.
[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.twz.com/20633/exclusive-heres-the-f-22-production-restart-study-the-usaf-has-kept-secret-for-over-a-year[/URL]
So maybe it's not physically impossible to ever make more F-22s, but it's not possible to do it as a quick stopgap while we consider NGAD options. An F-22 restart would kill any chance of NGAD for a decade at least.
