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From: lewis@saint (Keith Lewis)
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Subject: Re: stealth fighters in the Persian Gulf
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Date: 28 Aug 90 04:35:10 GMT
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From: lewis@saint (Keith Lewis)

In article <1990Aug21.024926.1467@cbnews.att.com> convex!cash@uunet.UU.NET (Peter Cash) writes:

>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?

There may not be any military advantage.  

If the stealth fighter was battle-tested, it would be easier to get 
congress to fund it.  All the DoD has to do is send them in, fight a
little, win (in the air, at least), and get the CO's involved to testify
before congress that the Stealths were "necessary and advantageous."

--
Keith Lewis