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Old January 18th 04, 03:05 AM
Yossarian
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(Mike) wrote in message . com...
Remember the Soviet "Blackjack" bomber that the U.S.S.R. started to
deploy in the late 1980s?

Wasn't this plane a virtual copy of the American B-1 in many ways?

What about it's range? Could the BlackJack bomber have taken off in
the Soviet Union and bombed the United States?

Or was it closer to a medium-range bomber like the "Backfire"?


How interesting you should mention it. See
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3406043.stm for today's BBC article
on the B1-ski.

Pondering,
Yossarian