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Old 16th Sep 2019, 01:40
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Salute!

You guys talking 'bout an air attack?

Well.maybe we don't have the amount of interceptors on 5-minute alert such as I was assigned 50 years ago, but we also didn't have a host of satellite and other assets that we have today.. And what kinda attack? A Pearl Harbor force would be toast when still a thousand miles away.

I would be more concerned with well executed attack on our electrical grid with drones. You know, like the bad guys did in Arabia over the weekend.

Times and threats have changed a lot since I had my time with the F-20 program, and that sucker was ideal for point air and ground defense.

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