1. The more sophisticated missiles all depended on being able to fire at the enemy without making visual identification. This remains a continual dream (and claim).

2. The long range US Navy Phoenix missile was fired twice in combat in 30 years and missed both times - a zero return on a large investment. The same was true of the Talos, a USN ship-to-air missile rendered essentially useless for lack of an identification system. Zero returns are to be avoided.

3. POGO Report, The F-22 Program: Fact Versus Fiction, by E.E. Riccioni, revised August 10, 2000, properly describes supercruise.