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To: adam_az
Why would Israel need mid-air refueling capability? Aren't they in the kind of defensive posture that England was in during the Battle of Britain, relying on short-range fighters like the Spitfire?

-ccm

77 posted on 09/15/2005 9:23:20 AM PDT by ccmay (Question Diversity)
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To: ccmay

"Why would Israel need mid-air refueling capability? Aren't they in the kind of defensive posture that England was in during the Battle of Britain, relying on short-range fighters like the Spitfire?"

If Israel is attacked by Arab armies which travelled a long ways to get there, they might want attack their supply lines and support facilities at home... also to take out long range rocket facilities in places as far as Iran.


79 posted on 09/15/2005 9:29:32 AM PDT by adam_az (It's the border, stupid!)
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To: ccmay
Why would Israel need mid-air refueling capability?

October 1, 1985 - Operation Wooden Leg

80 posted on 09/15/2005 10:04:25 AM PDT by Oztrich Boy (Seriousness lends force to bad arguments. - P J O'Rourke)
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