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Old 17th Sep 2016, 20:53
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Originally Posted by Treble one
Without going into any operational details of course, if say there was a mass attack on the UK by hostile aircraft, is there a plan in place to generate enough aircraft quickly enough to counter a threat?


Or do we just have our QRA aircraft plus any replacement aircraft in reserve?

I'm assuming that other NATO countries would be a tad interested in seeing, say, a mass formation of bombers heading towards the UKADR (from the East I was thinking), and act accordingly?
Looking at the cluster **** the AD force fell into post concrete wall felling and the opposition's ability to gather intel from open and corporate sources I doubt that they have any doubts to our "capability"..
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