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skyhigh
PostPosted: Mar 06, 2009 - 03:34 PM Reply with quote Back to top
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Since the advent of medium and long-range missiles, fighter aircraft have no need to shoot each other down from close range in a knife fight. They can do so from beyond visual range in a sniper fight.

Shoot and scoot.

Or so it seems.


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