From: Gene McAloon 

On Thu, 08 Jul 2004 16:32:41 +0200, Phil Payne
 wrote:

>> There is a semi-humorous view in the UK mil that the reason why the
>> Starstreak is equipping the UK landforces is because of lessons learnt
>> in Gulf War I.
>
>It's more than semi-humorous - I had a discussion about it in a pub near
>Huntingdon a month or so ago.  The RAF regards the US military as the
>greatest threat in a theatre of operations.

From the US military's point of view, the damn Brits are only in the way anyway.

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