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Originally Posted by southwestforests
Indeed. A technical report on why there is something about them and what the definition of that something is is something I will likely never be able to provide other than the point that it's probably not merely because of shiny.
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Maybe it is that so many different approaches were tried out with very little technology to know exactly what would work without an actual flying version, and not just fighters, and not just the US (they just had more money to throw at a concept). After the 50s they get too expensive to throw money at just anything (and perhaps particularly at aircraft that can do a lot of different things...more bang for the buck
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