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Old 28-01-2011, 05:35 PM
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Originally Posted by renormalised View Post
The only thing it has going for it is its reasonably good stealth capabilities and its electronics package. If it got into a dogfight with an SU-37 it would lose, all things being equal, despite the Flanker being a much larger plane.
I've been told by someone in the know that our planes would destroy enemy planes without getting anywhere near them, courtesy of american technology and american cooperation, thus avoiding a dogfight.

I'm under the impression we just do whatever the yanks say since we're dependent on them for our defence.
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