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Probably true. The f15 has shot down a satellite, landed without one of it's wings, and has never lost a fight. Not bad for something that first flew 43 years

by lujim 11y ago

Probably true. The f15 has shot down a satellite, landed without one of it's wings, and has never lost a fight. Not bad for something that first flew 43 years ago.

noir_lord 11y ago
The F15 is an interesting story, it was created in part as a reaction to the terrifying intelligence they had about the Mig25, they went all out to create something to beat something that turned out not to exist in a sense (The Mig-25 existed of course but it's actual characteristics where very different to what intelligence suggested, it was big and fast and that was about it, if it ran at full speed the engines ate themselves). In doing so they created the best air intercept fighter of it's generation and a design that is still considered premier-tier, the US consider it obsolete because it lacks stealth but not every country has fully adopted the stealth mantra (the Russians never really did or possibly didn't have the manufacturing capability). It will be interesting to see if they continue it's development, there where nominal plans for new variant called the Silent Eagle which adopted some radar reduction measures and upgraded it's electronics to state of the art, I think once you except stealth that we are at a point with fighters where the airframe is secondary to the avionics and weapons, they all have the capability to kill the pilot from G forces so maneuverability isn't really an issue anymore. It's interesting to see what the Indians have done with their Mig-21 upgrade program, with modern avionics and weapons it's reputedly as potent as a middle-bloc F16 which considering that's a 60 year old air frame design is incredible.
- spacehome 11y ago
  its
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  - ta0967 11y ago
    have an upvote, it's missing its goal of communication with its confusion of "it's" and "its".
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  - nl 11y ago
    No, "it's" is correct. It is a contraction of it is, used appropriately in this context. http://grammarist.com/spelling/its-its/ http://grammarist.com/spelling/its-its/
    - kwhitefoot 11y ago
      Only in the last sentence.
    - spacehome 11y ago
      > The Mig-25 existed of course but it's actual characteristics where very different to what intelligence suggested ... You're saying this should read "... but it is actual characteristics ..."?

by lujim 11y ago

Probably true. The f15 has shot down a satellite, landed without one of it's wings, and has never lost a fight. Not bad for something that first flew 43 years ago.

noir_lord 11y ago

The F15 is an interesting story, it was created in part as a reaction to the terrifying intelligence they had about the Mig25, they went all out to create something to beat something that turned out not to exist in a sense (The Mig-25 existed of course but it's actual characteristics where very different to what intelligence suggested, it was big and fast and that was about it, if it ran at full speed the engines ate themselves). In doing so they created the best air intercept fighter of it's generation and a design that is still considered premier-tier, the US consider it obsolete because it lacks stealth but not every country has fully adopted the stealth mantra (the Russians never really did or possibly didn't have the manufacturing capability). It will be interesting to see if they continue it's development, there where nominal plans for new variant called the Silent Eagle which adopted some radar reduction measures and upgraded it's electronics to state of the art, I think once you except stealth that we are at a point with fighters where the airframe is secondary to the avionics and weapons, they all have the capability to kill the pilot from G forces so maneuverability isn't really an issue anymore. It's interesting to see what the Indians have done with their Mig-21 upgrade program, with modern avionics and weapons it's reputedly as potent as a middle-bloc F16 which considering that's a 60 year old air frame design is incredible.

spacehome 11y ago
its
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- ta0967 11y ago
  have an upvote, it's missing its goal of communication with its confusion of "it's" and "its".
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    [deleted]
- nl 11y ago
  No, "it's" is correct. It is a contraction of it is, used appropriately in this context. http://grammarist.com/spelling/its-its/ http://grammarist.com/spelling/its-its/
  - kwhitefoot 11y ago
    Only in the last sentence.
  - spacehome 11y ago
    > The Mig-25 existed of course but it's actual characteristics where very different to what intelligence suggested ... You're saying this should read "... but it is actual characteristics ..."?