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From: convex!cash@uunet.UU.NET (Peter Cash)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: stealth fighters in the Persian Gulf
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Date: 21 Aug 90 02:49:26 GMT
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From: convex!cash@uunet.UU.NET (Peter Cash)

In article <1990Aug16.030343.15298@cbnews.att.com> smb@ulysses.att.com (Steven Bellovin) writes:

>From: smb@ulysses.att.com (Steven Bellovin)

>The AP, quoting the usual unnamed sources, said that 22 F-117A stealth
>fighters would leave for the Persian Gulf on Thursday.

How useful are stealth fighters in this situation? Given the state of Iraqi
military technology, will it really be an advantage to have stealth
technology? Or would we be better off having more (and cheaper)
conventional planes?

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