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From: johnhall@microsoft.UUCP (John Hall)
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Subject: Re: Air Superiority B-52?
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Date: 4 Jun 91 19:22:16 GMT
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From: johnhall@microsoft.UUCP (John Hall)


igor!rutabaga!wab@uunet.UU.NET (Bill Baker) writes:
> One consideration is that the AF hasn't wanted to arm their radar
> tracking planes, mostly because it wants them to have a somewhat
> non-combatant status.  

I think the radar dish would detonate a missle if one was
carried, which is why AWACS doesn't.  
That is a lot of radiation flux.

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