Word: interceptor
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...fight over the Navy's F-14 interceptor plane was more spirited, but the vote only slightly closer, 61-28. Spending watchdogs considered the F-14 to be the most vulnerable item on the military procurement bill; it will cost four times more than the plane it is designed to replace, the F4, and there have already been cost overruns during its development, One Senator attributed its acceptance to unemployment: "Some members told me that they would rather have people working on useless things than being out of work. That's a hell of a commentary when...
...fighter is essential to U.S. sea defense because 1) it is a launching platform for the Navy's air-to-air Phoenix missile, the key to future fleet protection against enemy aircraft, and 2) no other Navy plane will be a match for the Soviets' newest interceptor, the MIG-23 Foxbat. In addition, Navy men point out, advanced models of the F-14 will use the same engine as the Air Force's F-15 fighter, which is being built by McDonnell-Douglas. Thus, cancellation of one craft might well price the other out of reach...
...code-named "Foxbat" by NATO, is the latest Russian interceptor. It can fly at Mach 3 (three times the speed of sound) and climb to 80,000 ft., 20,000 ft. higher than the operational ceiling of the U.S.-built F-4 Phantoms of the Israeli air force. This is the first time that the MIG-23, which is far too hot for Egyptian pilots to handle, has been sent outside the Soviet Union. MIG-21, the standard first-line Soviet fighter, has been sent in to replace planes lost last year in the war of attrition over the Suez...
...twin-jet all-weather interceptor known in NATO as "Flagon," is capable of Mach 2.5 speeds. Like the MIG-23s, these are the first advanced Sukhois allowed outside Russia...
...while, he was relaying his gleanings back to Israel on a tiny transmitter he kept in a riding boot. Through German friends, he established that Egyptian rockets were not an immediate menace because their guidance systems were unreliable. He also learned that the Egyptians' HA-300 jet interceptora great worry to the Israelis at the time...