BAC TSR-2

BAC TSR-2

RiikUk
RolliTaktikaline streik/luurelennuk
Esimene lend27 September 1964
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The British Aircraft Corporation TSR-2 (for “tactical strike and reconnaissance 2”) was a cancelled Cold War strike and reconnaissance aircraft developed by the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) for the Royal Air Force (RAF) in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The TSR-2 was designed to penetrate a well-defended forward battle area at low altitudes and very high speeds, and then attack high-value targets in the rear with nuclear or conventional weapons. Another intended combat role was to provide high-altitude, high-speed stand-off, side-looking radar and photographic imagery and signals intelligence, aerial reconnaissance. Only one airframe flew and test flights and weight-rise during design indicated that the aircraft would be unable to meet its original stringent design specifications. The design specifications were reduced as the result of flight testing.

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The BAC TSR-2 was a cancelled Cold War strike and reconnaissance aircraft developed by the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) for the Royal Air Force (RAF) in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The TSR-2 was designed to penetrate well-defended frontline areas at low altitudes and very high speeds, and then attack high-value targets in rear areas with conventional or nuclear weapons. It was also capable of high-altitude, high-speed reconnaissance missions with advanced sensors and cameras. The TSR-2 was a highly advanced and complex aircraft, featuring a variable-geometry wing, a powerful radar, a terrain-following system, an electronic countermeasures suite, and a sophisticated navigation and weapon-aiming computer.
The TSR-2 was powered by two Bristol Siddeley Olympus 22R turbojet engines with afterburners, giving it a maximum speed of over Mach 2. The TSR-2 had a large internal bomb bay and four underwing pylons for carrying up to 4.5 tonnes of ordnance. The TSR-2 project faced many technical and political challenges, as well as rising costs and inter-service rivalry. Only one prototype flew, making 24 test flights between September 1964 and March 1965. The project was controversially cancelled in April 1965 by the Labour government, which decided to order an adapted version of the American General Dynamics F-111 instead. However, this decision was also reversed later, leaving the RAF without a suitable replacement for its ageing Canberra bombers. The TSR-2 remains one of the most famous examples of a cancelled British aircraft project, and a symbol of the decline of the British aerospace industry in the 1960s.

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