"Scott Ferrin" wrote in message
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On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 19:33:30 -0400, Air Force Jayhawk
wrote:

On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 16:23:33 -0600, Scott Ferrin
wrote:


"Integration of the missile on the Lockheed Martin F/A-22, which
requires internal carriage of the missile, has been delayed at least
until the spiral three (developmental) stage of the program around
2011."


SEVEN Y-E-A-R-S???? What's the holdup? They've already fired guided
-9Ms.

AIM-9X is a whole new animal with it's High off boresight capability.


Yeah, I understand all that but seven years? Doesn't that seem a tad
excessive?

I suspect that represents a fair amount of time before budgeting
any time or money to the effort. The base capability of the F-22
vs all-comers should be suitably impressive for the next decade
to allow the delay.