Originally Posted by
radmanly
I also wonder about the strategic implications of this kind of complexity. If you lose an F-22, how many months does it take to make a new one? This isn't like WWII where new planes were rolling off a converted automobile assembly line every hour. If it takes many months to build one, could America ever find itself in a situation where it has more planes in the factories than it has in the fight? Surely someone in the Pentagon has considered this. I just wonder what the plan is.
Since they are shutting down the production line, you will never be able to make a new one. You will only be able to replace it with an in-production airplane or an older type from the boneyard.
But that is not really an issue in the modern world. Conventional warfare between nations would be over in weeks, or months at the outside. You fight with what you have on hand when the balloon goes up.