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From: wayne binkleySubject: Re: MiG plasma cloaking device to take off soon/lying russians Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 10:43:28 PDT on 6/22/99 03:19 gmt"art"<betnal@ns.net> wrote <just remember,the russians lie a lot.they've shown working samples <of devices that they really couldn't deliver in the past and lied <about their availability(KA-50,rearward firing missile,etc.).> i have often wondered why aircraft subject to be attacked from the rear do NOT have a rearward firing missile.after all, the B-52 ,as far as i know still has tail guns.if this is not a proper subject for discussion on this list,or if it has recently been explained,maybe some one can tell me how to find it in the archives,if that can be done.if not please correspond with me at my E-mail address.i am really curious about this and suspect there must be some simple explanation so obvious that i have over looked it.thanks in advance. wayne d.binkley <wbinkley@hotmail.com> _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com
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Created: Tue Jun 22 13:56:11 EDT 1999