Unlimited? It doesn't carry the stores. At 10:1 the F22 would have to watch helplessly as a few of them slipped through. What's it going to do, ram them?
Worse with the F35 which has no gun and can only carry 2 missiles without losing stealth.
Worse with the F35 which has no gun and can only carry 2 missiles without losing stealth.
The F22 is nearly 2000 km/h faster than the Sea Fury, and the turn around time is said to be on the order of 20 minutes. In the time it takes the Sea Furys to go to the target, do their business, and go home you're looking at 3+ F22 sorties each hitting a nearly guaranteed 12 kills (maximum anti-air missile load with twinning racks) plus however many they can kill with 480 rounds of 20mm cannon fire.
So yes, damn near unlimited. That's what happens when the enemy can kill a dozen pilots every 20 minutes with no fear of retaliation. You get a bloodbath.
>Worse with the F35 which has no gun and can only carry 2 missiles without losing stealth.
Why do people who know nothing about planes instantly forget that fact the moment the F-35 is brought up?
The F-35A does have a cannon, while the F-35B and C have the option for an external cannon pod. The F-35 can carry four missiles in its internal bays, not two.
And for how many sorties can it sustain that? Even if you had enough F22 pilots to keep it going...
Send just enough Sea Furies to force the F22s to scramble until they are forced into deep maintenance - then waltz in with your main force, game over.