henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) (03/31/89)
From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Amusing item I just noticed in the Jan 23 issue of Aviation Leak: the
US Army is building a large target drone, basically a plastic mockup
of a MiG, for air-defence system testing. The amusing part is that the
drone will cost about a million dollars a copy and will not be ready
until 1992, while you can buy a MiG on the open market for about
$300,000 for immediate delivery. (In fairness, this is in the middle
of a two-page story about how the US government *is* buying MiGs for
testing and training.)
Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology
uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edusilber@m.cs.uiuc.edu (04/05/89)
From: silber@m.cs.uiuc.edu But the MiG you can buy is a Mig-17, of 1950s vintage. I think that the new ones look and perform far, far differently.
maniac%garnet.Berkeley.EDU@ (George W. Herbert) (04/06/89)
From: maniac%garnet.Berkeley.EDU@ (George W. Herbert) In article <5399@cbnews.ATT.COM> silber@m.cs.uiuc.edu writes: > But the MiG you can buy is a Mig-17, of 1950s vintage. I think that >the new ones look and perform far, far differently. Aah, but china now offers brand new Jian J-7 (Mig-21 clone) for sale on open market... And Mig-21 is much more recent. Has now finally been phased out of actual Warsaw Pact front line, but still good.