What you or Vraciu think it should have been is entirely irrelevant.
You've entirely missed the point.
Oh the F-22, I've never heard of that aircraft
Also for sale internationally was it?
not what the customers ordered.
The customers ordered the only available option of what was remaining of their requirements, after every possible agency down the line had taken their turn at compromising the design brief to maximise their share of the funding. And all that reduction largely coming
after huge financial commitments had been made with severe penalties for withdrawing from the programme. Like I said, clever business model. They must've been laughing all the way to the bank.
If you want to actually discuss the design process at any point, let me know