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Old 9th Jan 2016, 10:38
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Originally Posted by Vendee
Well just a couple of points... it never had to launch at an incoming bomber so we don't actually know if it "would" have been perfect at it's job but as I said originally, it didn't have the flexibility to perform outside that cold war "loiter" role. The GR1 had a low level cold war role but was able to perform different roles at different altitudes and to do it very well.
As I stated. There's opinion: Then there’s knowledge.
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