Kamis, 25 Januari 2018

Valkyrie’s Little Brother

Soaring development costs and evolving air defense requirements killed North American’s innovative F-108 Rapier before it got off the ground. Before the missile age, when nuclear deterrence depended solely on aircraft, speed meant everything. You needed it not just for striking the enemy’s homeland with impunity, but also to stop the bombers invading your own …

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