Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!linac!att!cbnews!cbnews!military From: jtgorman@cs.arizona.edu (J. Taggart Gorman) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Mig-29 operated by Iraq Message-ID: <1991Jan15.021838.23936@cbnews.att.com> Date: 15 Jan 91 02:18:38 GMT Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 17 Approved: military@att.att.com From: "J. Taggart Gorman" While watching the order of battle for the potential fight, I noticed and then remembered that the Iraqis have some Mig-29s. They are stripped down export versions, right? Even if they were stripped down pretty hard, wouldn't they still be a match for most fighters? They are some of the best planes in production right now. I know they wouldn't be a match against a 100nm Phoenix missile, but against some poor F-16 only armed with Sidewinders, it might be a deadly furball. If these Mig's are operational, I bet they are on the top ten list of priority air targets. | John Taggart Gorman Jr. | "I'm a no rust build up man myself." | | -Christian Slater | jtgorman@caslon.cs.arizona.edu | in 'Heathers'