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From: ab3o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Allan Bourdius)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: VIFF (was The Snakebite/Pougachev's Cobra)
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Date: 26 Oct 90 01:52:12 GMT
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From: Allan Bourdius <ab3o+@andrew.cmu.edu>
>The Harriers spent most of the war picking off relatively defenseless
bombers, which could >not shoot back effectively;

Most of the "relatively defenseless bombers" were A-4 Skyhawks, if I'm
not mistaken.  Kind of negates an A-4 resurgence into the front-line US
combat role.  It does make the Harrier look good anyway.

Allan