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To: ealgeone

F-18 does not have near enough range, nor can it carry the Phoenix missile. The carrier defense role of the F-14 with AIM-54 is long gone and has not been replaced. Nothing to keep Backfires from getting into standoff missile firing range, guess the deep thinkers figured the end of the cold war removed that need.


24 posted on 11/20/2015 1:05:22 PM PST by doorgunner69
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To: doorgunner69

There was an article on business insider (?) that noted the navy shifted it strategy to bombing land targets as a priority and sacrificed the ability to interdict the backfires and such. Someone’s not thinking.


25 posted on 11/20/2015 1:08:52 PM PST by ealgeone
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