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From: smpod@venus.lerc.nasa.gov (Stefan)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: F-117A performance?
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Date: 25 Jan 91 03:50:52 GMT
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From: smpod@venus.lerc.nasa.gov (Stefan)
In article greg@sif.claremont.edu (Tigger) writes...
>What I'm interested in is the F-117A.  I haven't heard a single thing about
>it.  Has anyone who has been glued to the tube (or perhaps the paper) more
>than I heard anything?

There were repeated showing of video tapes of F117-launched guided bombs going
through air shafts and doors of buildings and bunkers.

>Can anyone even speculate?  I must confess to knowing almost nothing about
>this plane except that it is so weird looking that if I hadn't seen it fly
>with my own two eyes, I might not believe it...

The ineffective Iraqi anti-aircraft defenses should be proof enough of the
effect of the F117A. They attacked without detection in about the same time
that the Tomahawks hit.