Thread: The F14 vs what we are doing now
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Old March 28th 06, 04:46 AM posted to rec.aviation.military,rec.aviation.military.naval,sci.military.naval
Fred J. McCall
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Default The F14 vs what we are doing now
(Harry Andreas) wrote:

:In article .com,
wrote:
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: neither - YMJ - I'm a Canadian hornet driver.
:
o everything in your power to get AESA radars on your F/A-18's.
:They are a true force multiplier.
:
:And yes, I know it's only currently offered on the E/F aircraft, but that
:will change soon.

Canada tends to be funding limited (their government won't give them
enough money). They're just now (slowly) getting A+ upgrades, I
think.

AESA is a force multiplier if you wind up going air-to-air. If you
really want a real decisive force multiplier, get stand-off precision
strike weapons (since the A+ allows you to use them). Then you can
just stay away from the other guy to start with.

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