The aerospace firm North American Aviation designed the XF-108 as a long-range interceptor. Its primary mission would have been to intercept Soviet strategic bombers that were en route to the United ...
At the outset of the Cold War, American strategic planners obsessed over the threat posed by the Soviet Union’s long-range, strategic bombers. Characterized by very long range and capable of ...
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The ultimate interceptor that never flew - the XF-108 Rapier
The XF-108 Rapier was designed in the 1950s as a long range Mach 3 interceptor built to destroy Soviet nuclear bombers before ...
The XF-108 Rapier was designed to cruise at Mach 3, carry radar-guided missiles, and intercept threats far before they reached U.S. soil. But it never flew - canceled in 1959 amid shifting priorities.
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