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  • But, at a time when we have no new aircraft carriers, when regiments are being disbanded, when we are short of missiles, military computers, drones and satellites, the Typhoon is a disgraceful misallocation of resources.

    Scary Richard 2006

  • "Typhoon is fine entertainment, and with recent ethnic clashes between the Uighurs and Han Chinese in the headlines, it’s also topical."

    Typhoon by Charles Cumming: Book summary 2010

  • The little flaw in the Typhoon is that it does have a gun but it has only been left in the fighter to ensure proper weight distribution and ballast.

    Archive 2007-08-19 2007

  • The little flaw in the Typhoon is that it does have a gun but it has only been left in the fighter to ensure proper weight distribution and ballast.

    New Russian Threats 2007

  • "At least the wretched thing can get off the ground," it intones, "Six billion pounds over budget, and more than a decade late, the Eurofighter, or Typhoon, is finally operational."

    Scary Richard 2006

  • Liam Fox, the defence secretary, said in response to today's report: The Typhoon is a world-beating air-to-air fighter and is fast developing a ground attack capability, as is being demonstrated in Libya.

    RAF Typhoon jets draw MPs' flak over £20bn price tag 2011

  • He had support in the German high command, so Hitler acquiesced: the last turn of the screw, called Typhoon, was scheduled to begin on November 15.

    Deathride John Mosier 2010

  • He had support in the German high command, so Hitler acquiesced: the last turn of the screw, called Typhoon, was scheduled to begin on November 15.

    Deathride John Mosier 2010

  • Though then British Prime Minister Tony Blair insisted the inquiry was not closed for "economic" reasons -- ( "national security" was cited instead) -- most people believed that the chief reason the investigation, which was honing in on relevant Swiss bank accounts, suddenly stopped, was because the Saudis threatened to back out of a new arms deal with BAE, known as Typhoon, for 72 fighter planes and billions of dollars.

    Vicky Ward: Why Britain Should Apologize for Releasing the Lockerbie Killer -- and Why it Won't 2009

  • I'm a huge audiobook fan (right now I'm listening to the unabridged audio of the new book Halsey's Typhoon, which is a detailed study of this incident) so I was interested to read this passage from pages 657-58:

    Audio Technologies Described in 1901 Edition of 1876 History Book KaneCitizen 2007

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