On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 23:44:43 GMT, Matt Wiser wrote:

72 birds were sold to Saudi and began delivery in 1995. Two dozen are optimized
for air combat, while 48 were optimized for air-to-mud. Downtuned EW (not
good against Western gear, for example)

I wonder why SA bought them? Certainly, if I was trying to buy
something and the shop would only sell me second-rate gear, I would
say "fine, I'll take my custom to Mr Sukhoi (or Mr Mikoyan or Mr
Dassault...) down the street".

But I sometimes get the opinion that the job of the Saudi armed
forces is something other than being effective in a war.

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