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From: smb@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com (Steven M. Bellovin)
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Subject: Re: Libyan bombers
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Date: 14 Apr 89 01:12:01 GMT
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From: smb@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com (Steven M. Bellovin)


In article <5548@cbnews.ATT.COM>, pv04+@andrew.cmu.edu (Philip Verdieck) writes:
} I have read articles that the Russians recently sold 14 or 15
} long-range bombers to Libya.

} The article also said that they couldn't reach Israel without
} refueling.

Reports differ on the range of those bombers.

} I seriously doubt the Libyans have Air-Air refueling
} capabilities.

In fact, they're trying to acquire it.  No one thought the Israelis
had it either, until they bombed PLO headquarters in Tunisia.

} I recall discussing how the proliferation of missile delivery system
} technology wil make the Mideast a much hotter place, (not on this
} bboard) and wonder just what adjustments we might have to make when
} we go cruising 'round the Med.

There was an article in the NY Times about that a few weeks ago.  One
point they made was that one reason the USSR is finally getting serious
about peace in the region is that some of the newer missles can reach
*them* from the Mideast.  For some reason, they found this depressing.