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Re:Sixty Years On, We Still Dream of the Arrow by speed_spread on Wednesday April 23, 2025 @09:24AM (#43771887)
It was a long range bomber interceptor and it made sense until ICBMs happened. Canadian territory is vast and mostly barren in a way that no other NATO country is, having specialized equipment to defend it can make a big difference.
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Re:Sixty Years On, We Still Dream of the Arrow by cf100clunk on Wednesday April 23, 2025 @11:13AM (#43773121)
It was an interceptor. Ideas for conversion to a bomber role were only ideas.
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Re:Sixty Years On, We Still Dream of the Arrow by speed_spread on Wednesday April 23, 2025 @11:41AM (#43773405)
My bad, I meant it was an interceptor against bombers.
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Re:Sixty Years On, We Still Dream of the Arrow by cf100clunk on Wednesday April 23, 2025 @02:58PM (#43775503)
Re-reading, I now see that you meant interceptor of bombers.
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Re:Sixty Years On, We Still Dream of the Arrow by the_af on Wednesday April 23, 2025 @10:44AM (#43772805)
I understand the cancelation, I'm actually asking about the memory-holing of the project (destroying blueprints, not even keeping an airframe for a museum, etc).
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