03-06-2003, 08:10 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-06-2003, 08:12 AM by Rhydderch Hael.)
Dani,Mar 5 2003, 07:25 AM Wrote:F-16s still in service in USAAF are just upgraded 60s technology. Point is, that unlike the Iraqi airforce in 91, the NK one would not run away. There would be US planes dropped. ...In attack of your statement, the F-16 is 1970's-based technology, though undergone major computer and electronics upgrades in the late 80's and 90's.
In defense of your statement, the NORKOMs have some MiG-29s, so the technological gap between the two sides are not as disparate as one may assume.
The intercept of the U.S. RC-135 a few days ago by the North Koreans was done by two Mig-27s and two Mig-29s.
However, one should note that the first F-22 unit (the 27th, 37th, or 47th FS, I forget which) was activated late last year, though they are merely activated for the purposes of training and not actual combat operations.
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