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To: elcid1970
At full steep pitch they can outrun most interceptors.

Seeing as how it's a prop driven, subsonic bomber; WWII era interceptors?

I'd really like to see it outrun an F-15, or any missile.

22 posted on 03/16/2009 8:50:14 AM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: AFreeBird

Hmmm..OK, six hundred knots isn’t a big deal anymore.

I googled Tu-95. There are many variants, but I agree that its role as a cruise missile launch platform carries the greatest danger to the U.S.

But slow or not, having the Caribbean skies full of these Cold War relics is no recipe for anything but international mischief-making.

That is Putin’s real intent, IMHO.


24 posted on 03/16/2009 11:00:36 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("O Muslim! My cartridges are lubricated with pig grease!")
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