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To: NorseViking

That is what you get for flying them damn ruskie planes.

The good old reliable TRUE MRF F-16 Falcon is the best in its class! And even several classes above!


26 posted on 09/29/2020 11:05:10 AM PDT by freedumb2003 ("Do not mistake activity for achievement." - John Wooden)
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To: freedumb2003

See my immediately prior post. The F-16 is old, to the point where even Lockheed has decided to completely revise it into something called the F21. And it failed miserably in the Indian MRCA tender.

The SU-30MKI and later variants are planes that are the size of an F-15 that are far more maneuverable than an F-16 and are considerably faster. Proven through open exercises with and against Indians.


35 posted on 09/29/2020 11:09:10 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: freedumb2003

Also notable that you are celebrating the fact that someone in an F-16 managed to shoot down what everyone admits is an easy target for an actual fighter design - a subsonic ground attack aircraft - as some sort of huge victory.

Basically, you’re using an incident that’s the aerial equivalent of Mike Tyson in his prime beating up a middle school bully as proof of superiority.


39 posted on 09/29/2020 11:14:32 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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