re: #258 Gus

Because no one needs a Starfighter. Dumbest idea for aviation I’ve ever seen.

In that case you don’t know airpower. The idea with the Starfighter was to haul ass and lob a nuclear tipped air to air missile at Soviet bomber formations, hopefully over northern (shh - Canadian) airspace. That’s why it was built only for speed and not for dogfighting.
PS, The Mig 25 was supposed to be a cross between a Starfighter and a SR-71. It was built solely for speed and altitude.