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Old 1st Aug 2009, 13:31
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911slf
 
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Question Do we need supersonic strike fighters

Is it not the case that operational experience in Iraq was that nearly all missions flown by supersonic capable aircraft were in fact undertaken subsonically. And that in the Falklands, subsonic Harriers were more than a match for supersonic Mirages? If there are to be future generations of strike fighters, should they not be designed to be subsonic - and cheaper, so we can have more of them?
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