Non-motoring > Necessary or disgrace?
Thread Author: sooty123 Replies: 95

 Necessary or disgrace? - sooty123
>> True, but they weren't initially intended for, or equipped for, ground attack SFAIK. The capability has been added at extra cost. to justify their existence.


No, it was designed with it mind from the very beginning, the UK wanted it replaced more than one aircraft. Although I can see how people might think that, in most newspapers when mentioning it, you have to write 'cold war fighter' after, possibly on pain of death. ;-)

BTW what's SFAIK mean?
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 Necessary or disgrace?  sooty123 28 Jan 11 19:36
 Necessary or disgrace?  Perky Penguin 28 Jan 11 19:46
 Necessary or disgrace?  Zero 28 Jan 11 19:47
 Necessary or disgrace?  Iffy 28 Jan 11 19:51
 Necessary or disgrace?  sooty123 28 Jan 11 19:52
 Necessary or disgrace?  Mark 28 Jan 11 19:53
 Necessary or disgrace?  sooty123 28 Jan 11 20:02
 Necessary or disgrace?  Mark 28 Jan 11 20:13
 Necessary or disgrace?  Ian (Cape Town) 28 Jan 11 20:17
 Necessary or disgrace?  sooty123 28 Jan 11 20:19
 Necessary or disgrace?  Mark 28 Jan 11 20:52
 Necessary or disgrace?  MD 28 Jan 11 19:53
 Necessary or disgrace?  MD 28 Jan 11 19:55
 Necessary or disgrace?  Fenlander 28 Jan 11 19:56
 Necessary or disgrace?  sooty123 28 Jan 11 20:00
 Necessary or disgrace?  Zero 28 Jan 11 20:05
 Necessary or disgrace?  MD 28 Jan 11 20:06
 Necessary or disgrace?  Iffy 28 Jan 11 20:07
 Necessary or disgrace?  sooty123 28 Jan 11 20:12
 Necessary or disgrace?  Zero 28 Jan 11 20:16
 Necessary or disgrace?  sooty123 28 Jan 11 20:22
 Necessary or disgrace?  Zero 28 Jan 11 20:25
 Necessary or disgrace?  sooty123 28 Jan 11 20:29
 Necessary or disgrace?  Zero 28 Jan 11 20:40
 Necessary or disgrace?  sooty123 28 Jan 11 20:54
 Necessary or disgrace?  Zero 28 Jan 11 20:59
 Necessary or disgrace?  Bromptonaut 28 Jan 11 21:05
 Necessary or disgrace?  sooty123 28 Jan 11 21:11
 Necessary or disgrace?  CGNorwich 28 Jan 11 20:12
 Necessary or disgrace?  Kevin 28 Jan 11 20:14
 Necessary or disgrace?  R.P. 28 Jan 11 20:18
 Necessary or disgrace?  sooty123 28 Jan 11 20:25
 Necessary or disgrace?  RattleandSmoke 28 Jan 11 20:19
 Necessary or disgrace?  sooty123 28 Jan 11 20:22
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 Necessary or disgrace?  RattleandSmoke 28 Jan 11 20:28
 Necessary or disgrace?  sooty123 28 Jan 11 20:31
 Necessary or disgrace?  R.P. 28 Jan 11 20:32
 Necessary or disgrace?  Zero 28 Jan 11 20:41
 Necessary or disgrace?  Fenlander 28 Jan 11 21:04
 Necessary or disgrace?  R.P. 28 Jan 11 21:13
 Necessary or disgrace?  Fenlander 28 Jan 11 21:20
 Necessary or disgrace?  sooty123 28 Jan 11 21:29
 Necessary or disgrace?  Zero 28 Jan 11 21:23
 Necessary or disgrace?  madf 28 Jan 11 21:18
 Necessary or disgrace?  sooty123 28 Jan 11 21:24
 Necessary or disgrace?  Zero 28 Jan 11 21:27
 Necessary or disgrace?  sooty123 28 Jan 11 21:30
 Necessary or disgrace?  sooty123 28 Jan 11 21:34
 Necessary or disgrace?  Zero 28 Jan 11 21:43
  
 Necessary or disgrace?  Mark 28 Jan 11 21:54
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 Necessary or disgrace?  midlifecrisis 28 Jan 11 21:48
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 Necessary or disgrace?  rtj70 28 Jan 11 23:12
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 Necessary or disgrace?  sooty123 28 Jan 11 23:23
 Necessary or disgrace?  rtj70 28 Jan 11 23:30
 Necessary or disgrace?  sooty123 28 Jan 11 23:31
 Necessary or disgrace?  rtj70 28 Jan 11 23:36
 Necessary or disgrace?  sooty123 28 Jan 11 23:50
 Necessary or disgrace?  rtj70 28 Jan 11 23:55
 Necessary or disgrace?  sooty123 29 Jan 11 00:10
 Necessary or disgrace?  hobby 29 Jan 11 08:53
 Necessary or disgrace?  midlifecrisis 29 Jan 11 09:33
 Necessary or disgrace?  madf 29 Jan 11 09:37
 Necessary or disgrace?  sooty123 29 Jan 11 10:28
 Necessary or disgrace?  Perky Penguin 30 Jan 11 07:30
 Necessary or disgrace?  R.P. 30 Jan 11 09:06
 Necessary or disgrace?  Perky Penguin 30 Jan 11 09:16
 Necessary or disgrace?  R.P. 30 Jan 11 09:21
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 Necessary or disgrace?  R.P. 30 Jan 11 09:46
 Necessary or disgrace?  sooty123 30 Jan 11 11:46
 Necessary or disgrace?  hobby 30 Jan 11 12:40
 Necessary or disgrace?  sooty123 30 Jan 11 13:03
 Necessary or disgrace?  Zero 30 Jan 11 13:24
 Necessary or disgrace?  hobby 30 Jan 11 16:28
 Necessary or disgrace?  Tooslow 30 Jan 11 17:01
 Necessary or disgrace?  sooty123 30 Jan 11 11:18
 Necessary or disgrace?  Perky Penguin 30 Jan 11 16:33
 Necessary or disgrace?  R.P. 30 Jan 11 16:35
 Necessary or disgrace?  sooty123 30 Jan 11 22:41
 Necessary or disgrace?  swiss tony 30 Jan 11 22:44
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 Necessary or disgrace?  swiss tony 30 Jan 11 22:45
 Necessary or disgrace?  Perky Penguin 31 Jan 11 08:15
  
 Necessary or disgrace?  sooty123 31 Jan 11 17:40
  
 Necessary or disgrace?  Perky Penguin 29 Jan 11 07:46
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