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From: jb7m+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jon C. R. Bennett)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Shoulder-Launched AA Missles
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Date: 6 Dec 89 02:48:40 GMT
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From: "Jon C. R. Bennett" <jb7m+@andrew.cmu.edu>
> I hypothesize that the shoulder-launched anti-aircraft missle makes
> much of the modern air force obsolete.  The major reason is the cost
> differential.  Secondary considerations are size and portability.
> In short, any airplane you can build, I can shoot down for much less
> cost and from pretty much any position.

Not so, you need to be able to aquire your target, unless you are on an
open plane you can't (trees in the wat.) Even on an open plane you whould
need to be very fast to get a supersonic overflight. An the planes that
are taking slow passes over you are quite often shooting back :-)

	Jon C. R. Bennett
	jcrb@cs.cmu.edu