Talk:Red Hebe

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Did you know... that the Vickers Red Hebe air-to-air missile was dismissed by the British Air Ministry's own Operational Requirements branch as "still in the piston era" compared to the US Sparrow?

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The result was: promoted by Desertarun (talk) 20:38, 17 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the Vickers Red Hebe air-to-air missile was dismissed by the British Air Ministry's own Operational Requirements branch as "still in the piston era" compared to the US Sparrow? Source: Twigge 1993, p. 208.

Reviewed: Lucia Votano

Created by Maury Markowitz (talk). Self-nominated at 21:04, 10 June 2021 (UTC).[reply]

all checks out, new enough, long enough, hook is certainly interesting, QPQ is sound, no obvious copyvio, I can't see a problem here. Good to go. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 06:51, 16 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]