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Quick and easy answer: A rocket wouldn't last long enough. A jet can fly for hours. Read up on the German rocket fighters used in WW2. IIRC the rocket engine l
by simonblack 3y ago
Quick and easy answer: A rocket wouldn't last long enough. A jet can fly for hours.
Read up on the German rocket fighters used in WW2. IIRC the rocket engine lasted about six minutes. They had no power available for landing, so had to glide to a close-by landing strip or crash.
Fast, they were. Useful, not so much. Dangerous to their pilots, also.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_163_Komet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_163_Komet