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To: Badeye

The “experts” really inflated the capabilities of the older Soviet era fighter, so I’m not really going to panic yet. Iraq had a pretty extensive integrated air defense system too. Right up until about a week after the start of Desert Storm.


19 posted on 02/04/2009 9:18:49 AM PST by mbynack (Retired USAF SMSgt)
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To: mbynack

Remember when ‘the experts’ convinced themselves the Soviets had a ‘brand new tank’ which they classified as the ‘T-80’.

It was only later they realized it was just another version of the T-72.


30 posted on 02/04/2009 11:17:17 AM PST by Badeye (There are no 'great moments' in Moderate Political History. Only losses.)
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