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1 posted on 07/20/2010 6:32:55 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
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2 posted on 07/20/2010 6:36:22 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
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To: sonofstrangelove

As I have been saying for years, why spend billions on developing an entirely new airframe and weapons platform when you can simply modify an existing one much cheaper. Stealth has to do with shape and materials more than anything and changing the shape is easy. Now add thrust vectoring exhaust, forward canards, exhaust heat shielding and you suddenly have a 40 year old airframe that is more deadly than ever.


3 posted on 07/20/2010 6:47:11 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (The US will not die with a whimper. It will die with thundering applause from the left.)
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To: sonofstrangelove

Coool!


9 posted on 07/20/2010 9:44:23 PM PDT by valkyry1
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