To: Nov3
Pheonix bait Except that the F-14D is being phased out and replaced with the F/A-18E/F, which can't carry the Phoenix (nor can anything else except the Tomcat, the result being that our carriers are much more vulnerable than they were in the late 1980s).
To: Technogeeb
Well we must have some other weapon for long range anti-air engagements because I doubt commanders would just abandon an air superiority system like the phoenix for no good reason.
32 posted on
02/17/2003 1:03:55 PM PST by
Chaseman
To: Technogeeb
Except that the F-14D is being phased out and replaced with the F/A-18E/F, which can't carry the Phoenix (nor can anything else except the Tomcat, the result being that our carriers are much more vulnerable than they were in the late 1980s). Good Point
36 posted on
02/17/2003 2:00:48 PM PST by
Nov3
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