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Ford_Prefect

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14. How about we don't invest in exotic, useless, excessively complicated aircraft which don't work
Tue Aug 9, 2016, 11:22 AM
Aug 2016

in the rain, and cannot target objects without rebooting the radar several times, and can't fly well enough to defeat planes built 50 years ago, cannot carry enough load to perform ground support effectively, are too vulnerable to ground fire to fly close air support, and cost more per copy (with maintenance) than the budgets of several less populous states and some 3rd world countries

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