Comments by "Gort" (@gort8203) on "When you supersize the airforce you get this…- F-16XL" video.

SCAMP was original purpose of the XL, not multirole combat. You don't supercruise and maneuver at supersonic speed when lugging bombs under the wings. The emphasis on bombing came later when the design was repurposed and entered in the Enhanced Tactical Fighter competition, was was won by the F-15E. The video omits the fact that the XL didn't really achieve supercruise until it was later given a more powerful engine by NASA. It also doesn't mention that the XL was inferior to the production F-16 in subsonic high G maneuvering due to greater energy bleed.
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Sprey was a scammer who was eventually proved wrong. Even though the Gulf War proved him and his fellow travelers in the liberal media wrong, he tried to point to that war as proof of what he had advocated. That's hutzpah. It's amazing anyone listened to him, and that was only due to his skill at self-promotion.
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