Originally Posted by
ICBM
I'd be surprised if 2 Shars with 2 slammers each could either and if they had to close for a 'guns kill' on the occupants (like Sharkey ended up resorting to) then they'd probably be fiercely opposed by the rear turret gun on the Bear.
The brief we received from the CFE was to fly below the Bear and climb out of the tail gun coverage and fire 4x30mm Aden. Of course the Hunter had a useful turn of speed and altitude capability to 50k.
Interesting that 45 years later the Bear is still a formidable target.