Название: F-102 Delta Dagger Units
Автор: Peter E. Davies, Jim Laurier
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Серия: Osprey Combat Aircraft 132
ISBN: 9781472840677
Год издания: 2020
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 97
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 12,4 MB
World War II saw the development of the heavy bomber as a decisive weapon which, in sufficient numbers, could overcome defensive fighters and guns and lay waste to strategic targets. The addition of nuclear weapons to the bomber's armament made it even more formidable, and by the late 1940s, US planners saw the growth of a Soviet nuclear-armed bomber fleet as a terrifying threat to North American security. Conventional subsonic fighters with guns and free-flight air-to-air rockets would be incapable of reaching these incoming bombers in time to prevent even one from delivering a devastating nuclear attack. As a result, supersonic speed, long-range guided missiles and precise radar-based control of an interception became prerequisites for a new breed of fighters, beginning with the F-102.