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Old 18th May 2012, 07:17
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Squirrel...probably. I'd suggest the land based Rafale was slightly over-engineered in order to retain as much commonality as possible with the M.

In a similar vein, the F-35A's aerodynamic/kinetic abilities are compromised by the STOVL requirement of the B and the CV recovery abilities of the C.
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