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- Interceptor_aircraft abstract "An interceptor aircraft, or simply interceptor, is a type of fighter aircraft designed specifically to prevent successful missions by enemy aircraft, particularly bombers and reconnaissance aircraft. There are generally two classes of interceptors, light aircraft built for outright performance, and heavier aircraft designed to fight at night or in heavy weather and operate over longer ranges.For daytime missions, conventional fighters normally fill the interceptor role, as well as many other missions. Daytime interceptors have been used in the defensive role since the First World War, but are best known during several major actions during World War II, notably the Battle of Britain where the Spitfire gained a fearsome reputation. Few aircraft can be considered dedicated daytime interceptors, with the obvious exception of the Messerschmitt Me 163, and to a lesser degree designs like the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 which had heavy armament specifically for anti-bomber missions.Night fighters and bomber destroyers are, by definition, interceptors of the heavy type, although they were rarely referred to this way at first. In the early Cold War era the combination of jet powered bombers and the atom bomb created a demand for highly capable interceptors, and it is during this period that the term is most used. Examples of classic interceptors of the era include the F-106 Delta Dart, Sukhoi Su-15 and English Electric Lightning. Through the 1960s rapid improvement in design led to most fighters having the performance to perform the interceptor role, and the strategic threat moved from bombers to intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). Dedicated interceptor designs became rare, the only widely used examples designed after the 1970s being the Tornado F3 and Mikoyan MiG-31.".
- Interceptor_aircraft thumbnail Su-15_Flagon.jpg?width=300.
- Interceptor_aircraft wikiPageID "142759".
- Interceptor_aircraft wikiPageRevisionID "605963636".
- Interceptor_aircraft date "July 2013".
- Interceptor_aircraft hasPhotoCollection Interceptor_aircraft.
- Interceptor_aircraft reason "Is this undue weight on 'area defense interceptor'? Is there at least one reliable source that mentions area defense interceptors as a significant category of aircraft?".
- Interceptor_aircraft subject Category:Anti-aircraft_weapons.
- Interceptor_aircraft subject Category:Fighter_aircraft.
- Interceptor_aircraft type Anti-aircraftWeapons.
- Interceptor_aircraft type Artifact100021939.
- Interceptor_aircraft type Device103183080.
- Interceptor_aircraft type Instrument103574816.
- Interceptor_aircraft type Instrumentality103575240.
- Interceptor_aircraft type Object100002684.
- Interceptor_aircraft type PhysicalEntity100001930.
- Interceptor_aircraft type Weapon104565375.
- Interceptor_aircraft type Whole100003553.
- Interceptor_aircraft comment "An interceptor aircraft, or simply interceptor, is a type of fighter aircraft designed specifically to prevent successful missions by enemy aircraft, particularly bombers and reconnaissance aircraft.".
- Interceptor_aircraft label "Abfangjäger".
- Interceptor_aircraft label "Avion d'interception".
- Interceptor_aircraft label "Avião de intercepção".
- Interceptor_aircraft label "Caccia intercettore".
- Interceptor_aircraft label "Interceptor aircraft".
- Interceptor_aircraft label "Interceptor".
- Interceptor_aircraft label "Myśliwiec przechwytujący".
- Interceptor_aircraft label "Onderscheppingsvliegtuig".
- Interceptor_aircraft label "Перехватчик".
- Interceptor_aircraft label "طائرة اعتراضية".
- Interceptor_aircraft label "攔截機".
- Interceptor_aircraft label "要撃機".
- Interceptor_aircraft sameAs Abfangjäger.
- Interceptor_aircraft sameAs Interceptor.
- Interceptor_aircraft sameAs Avion_d'interception.
- Interceptor_aircraft sameAs Pesawat_pencegat.
- Interceptor_aircraft sameAs Caccia_intercettore.
- Interceptor_aircraft sameAs 要撃機.
- Interceptor_aircraft sameAs Onderscheppingsvliegtuig.
- Interceptor_aircraft sameAs Myśliwiec_przechwytujący.
- Interceptor_aircraft sameAs Avião_de_intercepção.
- Interceptor_aircraft sameAs m.02hvsk8.
- Interceptor_aircraft sameAs Q320018.
- Interceptor_aircraft sameAs Q320018.
- Interceptor_aircraft sameAs Interceptor_aircraft.
- Interceptor_aircraft wasDerivedFrom Interceptor_aircraft?oldid=605963636.
- Interceptor_aircraft depiction Su-15_Flagon.jpg.
- Interceptor_aircraft isPrimaryTopicOf Interceptor_aircraft.