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Old 8th Aug 2017, 06:15
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Originally Posted by t43562
Wouldn't the "real" choice now be between Typhoons with modern weapons and more of something as cheap to make as a Hunter that also had modern weapons?
Unless you equip the Hunter with DAS, ECM, Expendables, TRD, Link16, radar, AMRAAM, Litening pod, AAR etc then it is still not as survivable/useful in a high threat environment. Might as well go with the typhoon.
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