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Old 8th December 2012, 12:50
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Re: U.S. aircraft in Vietnam appear to have been extremely vulnerable to AAA

IIRC Republic had put some hardening or fire suppression system in F-105 but because USAF wanted to cut down the unit price they were dropped out during production. Not the first or last time when peace time economics became very costly during wartime.

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