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Old 8th Apr 2009, 22:53
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TSR2 was scrapped because it was incapable of flying supersonic at low level to Moscow and back. It simply could not carry enough fuel. Neither could the F111 which was also cancelled for the RAF. It could only be done subsonically and we already had the best airframe for that, the Buccaneer.
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