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Interesting that their electing to use the drop tanks, negating the stealth advantages. 71.108.104.221 (talk) 23:44, 11 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's done for two reasons. 1) Endurance and 2) to keep it's true stealth capabilities a secret. Had it gone to intercept this Tu-95 without drop tanks, the Bear would have simply loitered there for how long it took them to collect data on the F-22's true RCS (Radar Cross Section), so they could head whom with some very valuable information. The drop tanks keeps them guessing. 76.191.143.207 (talk) 06:27, 17 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]