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Cold War Interceptor
Dan Sharp
其他書名
The RAF's F.155T/O.R. 329 Fighter Projects
出版
Tempest
, 2020-02-08
主題
History / Military / Aviation
Political Science / Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism
History / Modern / 20th Century
Political Science / Intelligence & Espionage
History / Europe / Great Britain / General
ISBN
1911658840
9781911658849
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=b7QWEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
The West was stunned when the Soviet Union dropped its first atomic bomb in August 1949 and a year later the Korean War showcased Russias incredible technological progress in the form of the MiG-15 a fighter capable of besting anything the RAF had to offer at that time. In the wake of the Second World War, funding for the RAFs Fighter Command had fallen away dramatically but now there was an urgent need for new jet fighters to meet the threat of Russian bombers head-on. Britains top aircraft manufacturers, including Hawker, English Electric, Fairey, Vickers Supermarine, De Havilland, Armstrong Whitworth and Saunders-Roe, set to work on designing powerful supersonic aircraft with all-new guided missile systems capable of meeting a Soviet assault and shooting down high-flying enemy aircraft before they could unleash a devastating nuclear firestorm on British soil. The result was some of the largest, heaviest and most powerful fighter designs the world had ever seen and a heated debate about whether the behemoths should be built at all as guided weapons became ever more advanced. This is the story of Britains secret cold war fighter jet designs, fully illustrated with a host of drawings, illustrations and photographs.