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Anonymous
This is a great plane, true, and extremely resilient, but it's not a divine entity. It is manoeuvrable, yet incredibly slow compared to most other military planes. Because of this, it is far from being the most difficult plane to get an HS, IR, or radar lock on, so when approaching SAMs, regardless of the titanium cockpit, I would be crapping myself. You could destroy the SAMs first with HARMs and Mavericks, and use chaff, flares, and radar jamming, but I wouldn't be too cocky in this plane. Any army worth anything has more than a fair amount of personal and mounted SAMs. The lack of speed makes weapon targeting more accurate, but the same can be said for the enemy. There's no afterburner to get out of sticky situations and the rate of climb is not impressive from what I remember. As much as I like this plane, I'd rather be in something faster, unless supported by air superiority fighters or something to help with SAMs.
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