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To: Enemy Of The State
dude, have you seen the performance of harriers against F-15s and F16s, they suck against modern fighter aircraft, now against a mig-21 the harrier will likely win, but face it the vstol aircraft wasn't designed with an air-superiority role in mind, its built for ground or naval interdiction.
13 posted on 03/12/2002 4:41:43 PM PST by borghead
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To: borghead
"dude, have you seen the performance of harriers against F-15s and F16s, they suck against modern fighter aircraft, now against a mig-21 the harrier will likely win, but face it the vstol aircraft wasn't designed with an air-superiority role in mind, its built for ground or naval interdiction"

yes, and the CHinese dont have F15's or F16's. hell they intercepted our P3 with an F8. We are talking Vietnam era here. The Taiwanese however do have F16's. Not to mention American Backing.

16 posted on 03/12/2002 5:21:36 PM PST by Enemy Of The State
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