From: Adam Flinton 

Jeff Shultz wrote:

> On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 23:13:01 +0100, Adam Flinton wrote:
>
>
>>Robert Comer wrote:
>>
>>>>Not as many as the UK or France so I think the UK &
Germany are safe.
>>>
>>>
>>>I'm not so sure about that just now, their launch capability is quite a
>>>bit better than we though just a few years ago. really hard to tell.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>With the UK & France it's not a matter of tech or fuel but of the numbers
>>we choose to have.
>>
>>We have retired entire classes of nuke (e.g. the air dropped weapon).
>>
>
> So have we. Was this a bright decision on our part or yours? We shall see.
>
>
I suspect both realised that the days of passing an aircraft overhead were gone.

Adam

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