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Old April 6th 06, 01:01 AM posted to rec.aviation.military,rec.aviation.military.naval,sci.military.naval
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Default The F14 vs what we are doing now

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In article ,
(Harry Andreas) wrote:

especially against 9/11 style airliner attacks. It scrambles fast, transits
fast, and has a long-range missile suited to bringing down large
lumbering targets such as airliners (and bombers).


It would never be used that way. Nobody would ever approve a long-range
shootdown of an airliner.




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