To: Snickering Hound
The F-104 wasn’t really a fighter, but rather an interceptor. It was designed to go very fast in a straight line, thus the stubby wings, among other design choices.
10 posted on
08/07/2017 10:07:01 PM PDT by
noiseman
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To: noiseman
I agree. It was to put missiles onto Soviet bombers.
Plus, one of them caught up with the NCC-1701 Enterprise.
Too bad about that tractor beam.
13 posted on
08/07/2017 10:40:14 PM PDT by
SaveFerris
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