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From: anthony@batserver.cs.uq.oz.au (Anthony Lee)
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Subject: Re: The fighter X vs Y debate
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Date: 4 Feb 91 04:51:16 GMT
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From: anthony@batserver.cs.uq.oz.au (Anthony Lee)

In <1991Jan28.035710.8230@cbnews.att.com> moudgill@cs.cornell.edu (Mayan Moudgill) writes:



:During the 71 India-Pakistan war, the Pakistanis were using Starfighters
:(F104-Gs??) and the Indians were using Gnats (subsonic and as close to a
:Kleenex jet fighter as you can get-- no missiles, a couple of cannon).
:I don't know the exact casualty ratios but they were something like a
:4-5 Starfighters per Gnat in air-to-air combat. Sucks, doesn't it?

What about the fact that the Indians have 
AWACS support from the Soviet Union ?
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