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  • Re: Hegseth Addresses Cabinet, Says 'The Department of War Will Continue Negotiating With Bombs'

    From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@ldo@nz.invalid to alt.politics.media,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,nz.politics on Mon Mar 30 06:08:53 2026
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    The US Air Force used to have 16 AWACS craft. They are crucial for
    radar reconaissance, so you can tell what the enemy is up to hundreds
    of kilometres away, before they can harm your troops. Now it has 15.
    Estimated replacement value: half a billion dollars each.

    The one destroyed at that Saudi base had its radar dome neatly blown
    off the fuselage. That points, not to a hit-or-miss ballistic missile,
    but a precision drone strike.
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