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From: gahooten@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Greg A. Hooten)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: F-4 : really an interceptor
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Date: 7 Jul 89 04:38:21 GMT
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From: gahooten@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Greg A. Hooten)

In article <7740@cbnews.ATT.COM> mjt@super.org (Michael J. Tighe) writes:
>By fighter pilot definition, any aircraft that has two seats, or air-to-
>ground capability, cannot be a fighter. :-)
>-------------
>Michael Tighe

I know this was done in fun, but the F-16, our most advanced
fighter has a serious air-to-ground attack abilility.
Although it was not builty originally for this mission, it has
since been updated to carry ground strike weapons.  In fact, a
new incarnation I have read about will be the A-16, with full
ground attack capabilities.  The ground attack radar and
target designator will almost double the cost of the plane.

US News said that the cost of a 688 attack sub is about 533
million dollars, but the next generation (Seawolf?) will cost
about 2 Billion.  It will speed along at 35 Knots (vs. 31
Knots) and dive a little deeper (1000 ft), but with that cost,
it would be nice to have it do a lot more.  Does anyone know
what this new generation sub will do that the 688 will not?
Maybe it is quiter, but how much?  

GAH!