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Old 2nd May 2006, 07:41
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ORAC
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That's crazy. How the h*ll can Australia, or for that matter the RN, buy an aircraft you can't hang jugs on? Even if you have tankers, they're not always available or can't enter the combat zone; and I wouldn't like to be half way across the Indian Ocean or pond without jugs when the tanker broke.
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