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southernphantom
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weez wrote:
You're right, they're not stupid. I have no doubts, however, that it would be a turkey shoot (pun intended) and not to mention a good excuse to use our Raptors in combat. I don't care what weapons they might be able to hang from those ancient Tomcats, you can't shoot what you can't see.


Raptors would have obvious effects, but I could see losing a Viper or legacy Hornet to a Turkey very easily. Best to be safe than sorry, so roll in the 1/3FW.
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southernphantom wrote:
weez wrote:
You're right, they're not stupid. I have no doubts, however, that it would be a turkey shoot (pun intended) and not to mention a good excuse to use our Raptors in combat. I don't care what weapons they might be able to hang from those ancient Tomcats, you can't shoot what you can't see.


Raptors would have obvious effects, but I could see losing a Viper or legacy Hornet to a Turkey very easily. Best to be safe than sorry, so roll in the 1/3FW.


100% The Raptor drivers would smoke'em. What I'm saying is they could have a larger number of aircraft that could trouble Iraq, Israel etc. Tomcats have a long range and would be somewhat cheap to upgrade. IMO we shouldn't let Iran have any weapons we can stop them from having. TSFG

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