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Old 15th Feb 2017, 23:31
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chopper2004
 
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Originally Posted by mahogany bob
Call me stupid but when was the last serious dogfight?


Korean war perhaps?


So- why not have a non state of the art médium to large aircraft - equipped with state of the art air to air missiles and control with the ability to loiter for long periods?


Surely this would provide maximum defence for mimimum cost?
Falklands perhaps? When we had the SHAR and GR3 toting AIM-9 lol

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