Tag Archives: USSR
The Devil’s Lawn Dart
If you remember lawn darts, then you remember dangerous, heavy pointy sticks with a few fins that you would throw at a target for fun. They were dangerous if used improperly, and really didn’t do much else other than fly in a straight line. This, then, is a perfect analogy for the Sukhoi Su-15 Flagon […]
Fitter? Heck, I don’t even know ‘er size!
The Soviets always had a knack for finding interesting and original solutions to their armament requirements. When there was a need for a high performance fighter bomber, they took a proven design, the Su-7, added swing wings and got the Su-17. These “Fitters”, as NATO continued to call the new family, proved to be tough […]
The Sprue Lagoon 