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Old 4th May 2015, 19:12
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SilsoeSid

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Reminds me of Duncan Sandy's, Secretary of State for Defense, who said in the early 60's that the RAF would no longer require pilots as all aerial warfare would in future be conducted using rockets!
Yeah, of course it would!
TF
And here's me thinking "Too close for missiles, I'm switching to guns" was just a Hollywood line.



TF, can you tell me when the last air to air scrap was decided by use of the big bullet switch please
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