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- From: "Edward J. Rudnicki" (FSAC-SID) <erudnick@pica.army.mil>
- Subject: Believe it or not
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- Sender: military@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Sci.Military Login)
- Organization: NCR Corporation -- Law Department
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 17:25:04 GMT
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- From "Edward J. Rudnicki" (FSAC-SID) <erudnick@pica.army.mil>
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- The 11/92 issue of Military Technology contains a large advertisement
- for the MiG-31. The specs they publish are:
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- Takeoff mass with full internal fuel 41,000 kg
- " " " + external fuel tanks 46,200 kg
- Max speed at altitude of 17.5 km max 3,000 km/hr
- " near the ground 1,500 km/hr
- Max endurance with external fuel tanks 3.6 hr
- " " with in-flight refueling 6-7 hr
- Intercept range at supersonic
- cruising speed (M2.35) 720 km
- " at subsonic cruising speed (M0.85)
- with external fuel tanks 1,400 km
- " " " " " " " " "
- with in-flight refueling 2,200 km
- Take-off run 1,200 km
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- The ad also lists general capabilities of the "company", General Export
- for Defence.
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- I'm usually blase about aircraft ads (don't work on them; can't afford
- them), but this one was eye-catching :)
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- Ed Rudnicki erudnick@pica.army.mil All disclaimers apply
- "War must be looked upon as a business, and subject, like any other business,
- to business principles. War is the business of destruction of life and
- property of an enemy.....The most deadly and destructive implements of war
- are the most humane, and the producers of them may justly be looked upon as
- humanitarians." ----- Hudson Maxim (the other Maxim)
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