Japan Revisits Slow Aircraft Capable Of Firing Huge AAMs

Credit: Japanese Ministry of Defense
Almost 60 years ago, the U.S. Navy looked at replacing fleet-defense fighters with low-performance aircraft firing high-performance missiles. The program was canceled in 1960, replaced with development of aircraft that could do more than loiter and lob missiles at distant air targets. But now Japan...

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