Starfighter Archives - Mechtraveller https://mechtraveller.com/tag/starfighter/ Mechanically-minded travel Tue, 05 Jan 2021 02:51:08 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Rocket-assisted F-104 Starfighter https://mechtraveller.com/2021/01/rocket-assisted-f-104-starfighter/ https://mechtraveller.com/2021/01/rocket-assisted-f-104-starfighter/#respond Mon, 04 Jan 2021 11:57:00 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=6676 In the 1950s, at the height of the Cold War, NATO developed ZELL – the Zero-Length Launch system, using rocket-assisted F-104 Starfighters and other primary attack aircraft. Being right on the border with the Eastern Bloc, West Germany in particular had little time to identify and intercept any airborne attacks should they occur. Getting airborne […]

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