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Old 25th Mar 2009, 09:37
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tornadoken
 
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Sad, sad day: Ministers' reason for deleting SeaJet was in the sense: as any V/STOL type is payload/range restricted, better to use limited lift not on radar/AAM v.defunct USSR, but for Joint Force Harrier GR.9 in GW2-style Tasks. Use CVS Air Group over the beachhead, and cover them and the Fleet, if exposed to MiGgery, with Coalition assets.
If your position is that CVS Groups should be part SeaJet, part GR.9, you risk doing neither job adequately.
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