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Look at the weapons bays. The YF-23 system was much, much riskier because it was reliant on a nesting trapeze system to get the requisite number of AMRAAMs into its internal cavity. It also didn't have Sidewinder bays in the test aircraft and was going to require a fuselage stretch to make that happen. Compare that to the YF-22 system which put all of its missiles in positions where a failure in one or multiple actuators didn't block any other missiles from firing, plus the Sidewinder bays were in place.If you're looking to buy a fighter/bomber, buy the one that's got the simplest ordnance release system. "Clever" just gets you another A-5 Vigilante.
Look at the weapons bays. The YF-23 system was much, much riskier because it was reliant on a nesting trapeze system to get the requisite number of AMRAAMs into its internal cavity. It also didn't have Sidewinder bays in the test aircraft and was going to require a fuselage stretch to make that happen. Compare that to the YF-22 system which put all of its missiles in positions where a failure in one or multiple actuators didn't block any other missiles from firing, plus the Sidewinder bays were in place.
If you're looking to buy a fighter/bomber, buy the one that's got the simplest ordnance release system. "Clever" just gets you another A-5 Vigilante.
