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Old 13th Apr 2011, 14:55
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Melchett01
 
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I enjoyed reading the last paragraph of the link by typerated:
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Dalton hails the performance of the Tornado force during the UK's Operation Ellamy contribution to NATO's Operation Unified Protector, noting: "It has become the norm for each GR4 to take on four or six targets, each of which has been positively identified." Its key weapons are the Brimstone and Raytheon Systems' Paveway IV 226kg precision-guided bomb.
That's a bloomin expensive way of getting rid of MBTs and APCs. Surely something along the lines of a GAU-8 would be cheaper per mission?
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