This was designed and manufactured in the '50s, in a time

>>8449
There really is now need at this point until a war comes along when satellites are targeted. But in that case they would probably be defended by drones and are most likely more vulnerable to cyberfare anyways.

If I recall correctly the original vietnam F-4s didn't have machine guns as it was the age of the missle, but the missles they had were horrible.

Technological progress doesn't work like a tech tree in video games.

There simply hasn't really been any major-scale wars that require money and/or manpower to be put into military technologies. the 50's, korean war, the 60's and 70's, vietnam and bush war, etc it goes on

Not to mention that the cold war put the two largest superpowers in the world in a technological war against each other. Without the competition, why bother?

You and people who think like you are retards who should be thought.
>where are my flying cars
>it's 2015
Do you even comprehend how these objects are made?

>>8449

>What happened? There should be space jet fighters by now.

That's a complete non sequitur, Just getting to space requires more thrust than several dozen SR-71s put together.

>>8796
Who should be *shot.

>>8601

>If I recall correctly the original vietnam F-4s didn't have machine guns as it was the age of the missile, but the missles they had were horrible.

Yep. The long-range radar-guided missiles that were supposed to be the Phantom's primary weapon had a terrible accuracy rating, especially early in the war. At worst, less than 15% of all AIM-7s Sparrows fired hit their target.

The missile had been designed for use against bomber sized targets. Against smaller, fighter-sized targets, the missile often failed to detect properly and it would just fly by, hitting nothing.

That said, the Sparrow still had its moments.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqP2qRfmoQA

Skip to 35:00. What till 36:00. That should tell you all you need to see.

>1969
>we can go to the moon but can't make a more advanced video game than Pong
How?

>>9137
That must have been beyond frustrating for the WWII/Korea vets to blow their load and have zero backup. Especially if they were in a turning battle.

>>9154

Because video games are more important than space technology.

>2015
>le F22 with 50s and 70s technology
>alright

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>>9442

It was worse than that, really. The problem was bigger than just not having a gun. The big issue was that the air force had stopped all dogfight training altogether. All the tactics that had been devised from countless battles in WW2/Korea were simply left behind. The young new pilots were taught nothing other than how to fly their planes and shoot missiles. Everything had to be rediscovered from scratch.

>>9154

Priorities were better.

>>9989

Damn it missed 10k get

>>10000