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Old 05-27-2004, 13:38 PM   #18 (permalink)
berkut
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Originally Posted by Jay
Snipe,
Are you talking about the H6 (Tu-16) Bombers?? AFAIK they are really really old, 1950's design to be precise.

On the same note, India is supposed to get 4 (2?) TU-22 Backfires, which is easily one of the best bombers available to date!
If I'm not mistaken India is considering buying SU-34 which will give it superrior deep strike capability. Also arent F-15s that were given to Japan and Korea are the most basic A models?
If you consider US Naval carrier presense then you have to consider China's vast antiship capabilities which significantly reduces USN advantage.

Also somebody here assumed that Russia is part of Asia.... uhm, sure, if you are considering empty land area, but if we are talking about concentration of air bases, infrastructure, and population then it is very much Europe.
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