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Originally Posted by tosh mate
Well the latest i have heard is that 'our boy's' in the form of the R.A.F get to 'Police' the 'no fly zone'
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That would be because the RAF has Typhoons, whereas the French walked out on the project and built their own, home-grown but slightly less capable version they call Rafale.
The Typhoon is a world-class aerial combat aircraft of the kind it's detractors said we would never need post Cold War. But now we need something to fly to and fro over northern Libya to make Gaddafi think twice about sending his own planes into the air ... And to shoot them down if they fancy a go.