Newsgroups: sci.military
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From: cem@cs.brown.edu (Charles E. Moylan)
Subject: Re: VIFF (was The Snakebite/Pougachev's Cobra)
Organization: Brown Computer Science Dept.
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 90 04:58:39 GMT
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From: cem@cs.brown.edu (Charles E. Moylan)

In article <1990Oct26.015212.24827@cbnews.att.com>, ab3o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Allan Bourdius) writes (in reference to the Royal Navy Harriers' success in
air combat in the Falklands conflict):
|> 
|> 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

As I understood it, the high losses experienced by the Argentine A-4's were
not a result of a problem with the plane itself, but rather a lack of 
defensive maneuvering/countermeasures by the Argentine pilots.  It's
no problem to shoot down even an F-15 or a MiG-29 if the pilot is just flying in
a straight line, and not dropping any decoys!

-- 
Charlie Moylan (cem@cs.brown.edu)