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Originally posted by American Mad Man
I am skeptical only because I doubt the UK could afford it.
This aircraft would easilly top what the Raptor costs.
Originally posted by waynos
AMM, I think there is a bit of a clue in the painting (doesn't it look as if its really on canvas, like an oil painting?).
By this I mean that the UK's hope for this plane would rest on a large USAF requirement to make building it financially viable in the first place and then, because of its huge unit cost no doubt, a relativley small number of them for the RAF and a much larger number of smaller and cheaper UCAVS, (look in the background)
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Originally posted by waynos
a The UK is part of the FB-23 programme and is why FOAS has gone quiet
Any thoughts?
Originally posted by Figher Master FIN
How much would one of these nice birds cost... And what is the top-speed... any thoughts...??
Originally posted by American Mad Man
As far as speed, that really depends. I know IntelGurl made a post a little while back about how she heard some office talk about a SCRAMJET powered F/B=23. If thats the case, then this thing could cruise at Mach 3+ like the SR-71. If it just uses the regular engines, and only uses 2 of them, I think that a Mach 1.5 cruising speed would seem about right.