[image title=”lightning_f1_f3″ size=”full” id=”379″ align=”right” linkto=”https://irrationale.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/lightning_f1_f3.gif” ]In the late 1940s and early 1950s, the interception of Soviet long-range nuclear bombers was a very worrying topic for Western Military leaders. Models such as the Tupolev Tu-22 were already in development, and could reach Mach 1.5 at 40,000 feet – more than a match for the existing […]