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From: smpod@venus.lerc.nasa.gov (Stefan)
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Subject: Re: Mig-29 operated by Iraq
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From: smpod@venus.lerc.nasa.gov (Stefan)
/In article com259h@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au writes...

I doubt that the Soviets are trying to fool us since they need foreign currency
badly and one source of currency is military hardware.

Also the quality of avionics is highly dependant on a state-of-the-art
microchip industry which the Soviet is sorely lacking.