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From: bell@krypton.arc.nasa.gov
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Mig-29 operated by Iraq
Message-ID: <1991Jan19.041309.4869@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 19 Jan 91 04:13:09 GMT
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From: bell@krypton.arc.nasa.gov
\  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.

The avionics of the Russian version is primitive by today's standards. The
Iraqi version is even more so. The outcome of a dogfight is mainly dependant on
pilot quality; to some extent equipment is secondary, e.g. in WWII the Finns,
with biplanes, bested the Soviets in more modern monoplanes.