08-17-2017, 12:42 AM
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WHAT ARE FIGHTER PLANES
A fighter aircraft is a military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat with other aircraft, as opposed to a bomber, which is designed primarily to attack ground targets by dropping bombs.
ROCKET POWERED FIGHTERS
Lippisch Ente :
1st rocket powered Fighter (Glider)
Built in june,1928
Manufactured by Alexander Lippisch
Tail-less aircraft
Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet :
1st successful rocket powered fighter plane
Developed by Germany
Length- 5.7m, Max speed- 1060 km/h
Dedicated point defense interceptor
Ineffective fighter as for killing only 9 aircrafts
CONCLUSION
Modern jet fighters are predominantly powered by one or two turbofan engines, and are equipped with radar as the primary method of target acquisition. Armament consists primarily of air-to-air missiles (from as few as two on some lightweight day fighters to as many as eight or twelve on air superiority fighters like the Sukhoi Su-27 or Boeing F-15 Eagle), with a cannon as backup armament (typically between 20 and 30 mm in caliber); however, they can also often employ air-to-surface missiles, as well as guided and unguided bombs.