From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

George Sherwood wrote:
> On Sun, 03 Sep 2006 10:34:52 +0100, Adam wrote:
>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/5309620.stm
>>
>> Shows how the "large transport aircraft" is steadily becoming key.
>>
>> Adam
>
> Unclear to me what you mean by "large transport aircraft".  The only
> thing being transported is electronics.  Battlefield surveillance is key.
>
> George

Nimrod is a converted comet which is an airliner which is a type of large
transport a/c.

Very little need for "true" bombers these days. Most efficient
platform is some well used, easy to get spares etc for transport (e.g. a
boeing 7x7 or an Airbus A3xx) with some sort of bomb bay / missile/drone
deployment capability & reasonable sensors

Can even be used to do drogue in flight refueling.

Adam

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