Originally Posted by Vendzilla

I did answer your question, you just don't have an understanding of what a deterrant is.

military strength or an ability to defend a country or retaliate strongly enough to deter an enemy from attacking.

No one will strike a country that has the ability to remove them from the map, thats what a Trident submarine can do and they are on deployment

As far as the F22, it was designed before the modern warfare tactics had changed. Personally I think they should improve on the warthog platform.