The AIM-54 Phoenix missile is a long range, high speed missile. It was designed by Hughes as a missile to be carried by the General Dynamics [[F-111]], but the F-111 program was cancelled in 1969. Instead, it was adapted by the US Navy to be carried on their new fleet defense fighter, the Grumman [[F-14 Tomcat]].
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The AIM-54 Phoenix missile is a long range, high speed missile. It was designed by Hughes as
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a missile to be carried by the General Dynamics [[F-111]], but the F-111 program was cancelled
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in 1969. Instead, it was adapted by the US Navy to be carried on their new fleet defense
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fighter, the Grumman [[F-14 Tomcat]].
The Phoenix was originally designed to kill, at long range, Soviet bombers, before they
The Phoenix was originally designed to kill, at long range, Soviet bombers, before they