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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: fake MiGs cost more than real ones
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Date: 31 Mar 89 01:52:37 GMT
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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Amusing item I just noticed in the Jan 23 issue of Aviation Leak:  the
US Army is building a large target drone, basically a plastic mockup
of a MiG, for air-defence system testing.  The amusing part is that the
drone will cost about a million dollars a copy and will not be ready
until 1992, while you can buy a MiG on the open market for about
$300,000 for immediate delivery.  (In fairness, this is in the middle
of a two-page story about how the US government *is* buying MiGs for
testing and training.)

                                     Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology
                                 uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu