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Old June 24th 04, 09:20 AM
MirTopolskiRex
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Default War games in India 'show up US'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3834843.stm

The success of India's air force against US fighters in an exercise
suggests the US may be losing its air superiority, a US general has
said.

Gen Hal Hornburg said an exercise in February, known as Cope India,
had been "a wake-up call".

The mock air battles in central India had pitted US F-15s against
advanced Russian-designed Sukhoi SU-30s.

General Hornburg said the results show the US may not be as far ahead
of the rest of the world as it had thought.



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Old June 24th 04, 09:36 AM
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No surprise. The US feel far ahead of everyone, but in the facts, they have
nothing so special. In weaponry, the Russians are doing quite well. This is
why the US could not invade them for having WMDs. They know that they would
not be able to.




"MirTopolskiRex" wrote in message
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3834843.stm

The success of India's air force against US fighters in an exercise
suggests the US may be losing its air superiority, a US general has
said.

Gen Hal Hornburg said an exercise in February, known as Cope India,
had been "a wake-up call".

The mock air battles in central India had pitted US F-15s against
advanced Russian-designed Sukhoi SU-30s.

General Hornburg said the results show the US may not be as far ahead
of the rest of the world as it had thought.





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Old June 24th 04, 06:04 PM
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This is excellent!

"MirTopolskiRex" wrote in message
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3834843.stm

The success of India's air force against US fighters in an exercise
suggests the US may be losing its air superiority, a US general has
said.

Gen Hal Hornburg said an exercise in February, known as Cope India,
had been "a wake-up call".

The mock air battles in central India had pitted US F-15s against
advanced Russian-designed Sukhoi SU-30s.

General Hornburg said the results show the US may not be as far ahead
of the rest of the world as it had thought.





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Old June 24th 04, 06:17 PM
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This is excellent!


Yes it is - it'll get the perfect knee-jerk reaction to guarantee the F-22 and
JSF get funded.
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Old June 24th 04, 06:58 PM
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Yep- great headline- akin to "World All Star Team Barely Misses Tying Game
Against JUCO JV."

"Bwa," as it were, "HaHaHa!"

Steve Swartz


"Krztalizer" wrote in message
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This is excellent!


Yes it is - it'll get the perfect knee-jerk reaction to guarantee the F-22

and
JSF get funded.



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Old June 24th 04, 10:40 PM
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On 24 Jun 2004 17:17:19 GMT, Krztalizer wrote:

Yes it is - it'll get the perfect knee-jerk reaction to guarantee the F-22 and
JSF get funded.


Hmmm -- I wonder if the USAF deliberately did badly?

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Old June 27th 04, 05:36 AM
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Gee, I wonder. "US kicks the crap out of top of the line SU-30 fighters
with old F-15s"....that headline would KILL the F-22.


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On 24 Jun 2004 17:17:19 GMT, Krztalizer wrote:

Yes it is - it'll get the perfect knee-jerk reaction to guarantee the

F-22 and
JSF get funded.


Hmmm -- I wonder if the USAF deliberately did badly?

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Old June 28th 04, 10:20 AM
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"DeMaisonneuve" wrote in message
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No surprise. The US feel far ahead of everyone, but in the facts, they

have
nothing so special.


Uh, yes, "they" do - both in quality and quantity. Why is it that the most
militarily inept Canadians keep posting in this group?


In weaponry, the Russians are doing quite well.


Yes, quite well. Right.


This is why the US could not invade them for having WMDs. They know that

they would
not be able to.


Uh ... Russia is on the UN Security Council and is a long-standing nuclear
power. There's been no thought of "invading" them.


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Old June 28th 04, 02:43 PM
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DeMaisonneuve wrote:

No surprise. The US feel far ahead of everyone, but in the facts, they have
nothing so special. In weaponry, the Russians are doing quite well. This is
why the US could not invade them for having WMDs. They know that they would
not be able to.


I don't know how you arrived at the conclusion that someone was going to
invade Russia anyway... Russia has excellent military hardware, the
only problem with it is that they do not have the funding necessary to
keep it in good condition, the best example of this is their navy.
However, for countries that do have the money to maintain their hardware
Russian equipment is cheap to buy and quite good in comparison to
western technology.

 




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