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Old 19th Sep 2014, 15:53
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Originally Posted by An RAF source
The problem is Russia’s Bears are so old and slow they can be tailed by helicopters.

“Our Typhoons have to keep going around because they can’t stay behind them.”
What??!! Who was that? At least that well-known helicopter, the Lightning, could 'stay behind them'.
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