Re:Tupolev Tu-144: The Soviets' doomed rival to Concorde (2017)
by sudosysgen on Sunday August 29, 2021 @12:11AM
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Actually, no it wasn't. What was clear was that low altitude bombers were going to become useless due to look-down shoot-down radars. High altitude and high speed bombers were and are the best non-stealth alternative.
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Re:Tupolev Tu-144: The Soviets' doomed rival to Concorde (2017)
by dralley on Sunday August 29, 2021 @01:09AM
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>High altitude and high speed bombers were and are the best non-stealth alternative.
Which are carried by interceptor aircraft - meanwhile the long-term shift was clearly towards anti-aircraft missiles., and stealth was only a few years away. At this point the F/A-117 was already pretty far along in development.