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Originally Posted by Heibges
I believe the F-15 was also built to fight a plane that the Soviet's never built?
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Well now, that depends. The F-15 was built to shoot down the mythical super MiG-25. The problem was, the MiG-25 wasn't so 'Super' as originally thought! So no, the Soviets actually built the plane the F-15 was designed for, but the F-15 was sort of over-built to take on a better plane than the one it ended up having to deal with.
I guess thats a double edged sword on the F-15's part - The fact that is was so good back then means that it is still a viable aircraft today!
-S