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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Its was a single use platform designed at a time when the battlefield was changing rapidly.
It was fast, had a high ceiling, wasn't a great dog fighter (It wasn't meant to be) had poor visibility. but it had a innovative weapons concept.
Your right, it has been over romantized over time, but as a straight bore interceptor with one mission in mind, there wasn't anything in the world that would touch it.
But if you asked that plane to dog fight or provide troop support it couldn't do those jobs.
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The air-to-air unguided nuclear rockets it was intended to carry were bar-none my favourite idea.
