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To: Spktyr

Those were not front line, bet-the-bank aircraft and were not intended to be.

All but the F-102 had less than 300 produced.

The F-102 was at least a moderate success until superseded by superior, more advanced aircraft.


40 posted on 11/07/2019 10:07:22 AM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Mariner

Actually many were intended as front-line aircraft, but when it became clear they couldn’t cut it, they were reduced in role.

The F-102 had to be redesigned while in service to fix major transonic issues that they’d known about and ignored.


45 posted on 11/07/2019 10:16:13 AM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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