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If the Theoretical S.3 Buccaneer had been approved, and the remaining fleet upgraded to that standard (from what I've read the proposal was ripping the avionics out of a Tornado IDS and installing them on a Buccaneer frame) how long would they have remained relevant and viable as strike craft? They certainly would retain relevance as a bomb truck for low intensity conflict even today, but at what point would they be relegated to second line status, barring politics of course. Would they have outlasted the IDS itself? And if they had what effects would they have on modern aviation design?
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