About: North American XF-108 Rapier

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It was designed to intercept Soviet bombers over the Arctic, before they can reach US air space, as well as escort flights for the XB-70 Valkyrie.

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rdf:type	Aircraft Type
rdfs:label	North American XF-108 Rapier
rdfs:comment	It was designed to intercept Soviet bombers over the Arctic, before they can reach US air space, as well as escort flights for the XB-70 Valkyrie. The North American XF-108 Rapier was a proposed long-range, high-speed interceptor aircraft designed by North American Aviation intended to defend the United States from supersonic Soviet bombers. To limit development costs, the program shared engine development with the North American XB-70 Valkyrie strategic bomber program, and used a number of elements of earlier interceptor projects. The program had progressed only as far as the construction of a single wooden mock-up when it was cancelled in 1959, due to a shortage of funds and the Soviet's adoption of ballistic missiles as their primary means of nuclear attack. Had it flown, the F-108 would have been the heaviest fighter of its era. Following the program's termination, the fire-control system, incorporating the Hughes GAR-9 missile,
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max takeoff weight alt	46508.0
Guns	4(xsd:integer)
length alt	27.2 m
span main	57.4
Status	Cancelled
thrust alt	93.0 kN
height alt	6.7 m
primary user	United States Air Force
Type	Prototype interceptor aircraft
loading main	55(xsd:double)
range alt	1104(xsd:integer)
range more	combat
Program Cost	1.419E8
length main	89.2
area main	1865.0
bombs	4000.0
ferry range main	2488.0
height main	22.1
span alt	17.5 m
missiles	3(xsd:integer)
range main	1271.0
Manufacturer	North American Aviation
max speed main	Mach 3+, 1,980 mph
thrust/weight	0(xsd:double)
ceiling main	80100.0
afterburning thrust main	29300(xsd:integer)
empty weight main	50907.0
afterburning thrust alt	130.3 kN
type of jet	afterburning turbojet
area alt	173.4
engine (jet)	General Electric YJ93-GE-3AR
max speed alt	1720(xsd:integer)
jet or prop?	jet
loading alt	183(xsd:double)
ferry range alt	2162(xsd:integer)
empty weight alt	23098.0
thrust main	20900(xsd:integer)
number of jets	2(xsd:integer)
plane or copter?	plane
ceiling alt	24,400 m
max takeoff weight main	102000.0
Crew	2(xsd:integer)
Number Built	1(xsd:integer)
ref	National Museum of the United States Air Force
abstract	The North American XF-108 Rapier was a proposed long-range, high-speed interceptor aircraft designed by North American Aviation intended to defend the United States from supersonic Soviet bombers. To limit development costs, the program shared engine development with the North American XB-70 Valkyrie strategic bomber program, and used a number of elements of earlier interceptor projects. The program had progressed only as far as the construction of a single wooden mock-up when it was cancelled in 1959, due to a shortage of funds and the Soviet's adoption of ballistic missiles as their primary means of nuclear attack. Had it flown, the F-108 would have been the heaviest fighter of its era. Following the program's termination, the fire-control system, incorporating the Hughes GAR-9 missile, was adapted for the Lockheed YF-12, which was itself canceled. It was designed to intercept Soviet bombers over the Arctic, before they can reach US air space, as well as escort flights for the XB-70 Valkyrie.

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