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Given the difficulties trying to intercept Concorde over the years it looks like it would take an awful lot of planning, equipment working perfectly, and topped
by Steve44 3y ago
Given the difficulties trying to intercept Concorde over the years it looks like it would take an awful lot of planning, equipment working perfectly, and topped off with a lot of luck.
There are some intercept stories [1] and [2] about why there isn't a photo of Concorde at Mach 2. An F14 Tomcat [3] did get close once though. These were all controlled intercept attempts when Concorde was flying on a scheduled flightpath so quite unlike a wartime attempt against a Mach 3 SR71. Not saying it's impossible, just very very hard.
[1] https://www.pprune.org/archive/index.php/t-505899.html https://www.pprune.org/archive/index.php/t-505899.html
[2] https://theaviationgeekclub.com/not-a-single-photo-of-concorde-flying-at-mach-2-exists-heres-why/ https://theaviationgeekclub.com/not-a-single-photo-of-concor...
[3] https://theaviationgeekclub.com/the-unknown-story-of-the-us-navy-f-14-tomcat-that-intercepted-a-concorde-during-operation-desert-shield/ https://theaviationgeekclub.com/the-unknown-story-of-the-us-...