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Old 21st Feb 2019, 13:49
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melmothtw
 
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I really do wish people would stop talking about "fighter jet" (whatever that is!) probably some journo struggling to cope with FJ.
The GR4 is a BOMBER, not a fighter.
We don't have any fighters any more; Typhoon is "swing role" - is it really that difficult?
The equivalent of moaning about an armoured infantry fighting vehicle being called a tank, or an offshore patrol vessel being called a boat, or a remotely piloted air system being called a drone.

To the public, it's a fighter jet. Let it go...
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