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Old 22nd Jan 2007, 08:40
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Navaleye
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That's not exactly correct. Sea Eagle was only ever intended for the Shar and Tornado GR1a in UK service. It was deemed surplus to requirements when the cold war ended. It strikes me as a very expensive development programme for a weapon which only had two customers no matter how good it was.
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