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To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Russian weapons designers added the uranium belt to the missile in order to knock-out western aircraft using the dense metal as a way to punch through heavily armored sections of U.S. made jets.

A "heavily armored" jet? Heavily armored and jet are mutually exclusive because of weight restrictions. It takes a relatively small explosion to bring down a jet. Something doesn't jive here.

41 posted on 03/09/2004 2:01:32 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn’t be, in its eyes, a slave.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
I believe this would be a reference to fighter jets, and yes, they are armored.
42 posted on 03/09/2004 2:03:34 PM PST by Frank_Discussion (May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
"A "heavily armored" jet? Heavily armored and jet are mutually exclusive because of weight restrictions. It takes a relatively small explosion to bring down a jet. Something doesn't jive here."


Don't forget the A-10 is armored since it flies low and slow.
45 posted on 03/09/2004 2:11:11 PM PST by BadAndy (A Vote For Kerry is a Vote Against the War on Terrorism.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
A "heavily armored" jet?

The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt.

Mmmmmm....whata plane!

65 posted on 03/09/2004 3:34:36 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (If you can read this...you're too close.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
A "heavily armored" jet? Heavily armored and jet are mutually exclusive because of weight restrictions. It takes a relatively small explosion to bring down a jet. Something doesn't jive here.

The A-10 is a jet. The A-10 has a very heavly armored crew compartment. (Since many of the hog drivers are female, I hesitate to call it a cockpit)

93 posted on 03/10/2004 4:40:22 PM PST by null and void
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