The Fighter Plane Powerful Enough to Destroy a Satellite in Space

In the midst of the Cold War, the U.S. began to develop anti-satellite aircrafts to combat Russia's vast space expansion. This F-15 footage from 1985 is the first time they succeeded.

From: AIR WARRIORS: F-15

[Braeden]

35000 feet? 10 second firing window? That's a leisurely walk in the park for the F-15, and pilot. The real star is that missile it's going from 35, 000 feet to 300, 000 feet all on a infrared seeker head.

[yannicat]

The F15 is one badass plane. I hear it will remain in service past 2024. It has a record of over 100 kills and no losses. I led a video crew to Langley AFB in Virginia in the 90s to film these planes and their pilots in takeoff and landing displays. The tarmac literally rumbles as they land and takeoff again and again. That was one of my favorite field assignments.

[christhevancura]

1980s technology. .imagine what they have today..

[DonLee]

They are showing it like as if the missile chased down the satelite, but in fact, it's an interception because tha satelite would have been moving at mach 22, 7+km/second.

[Dandan-vfkr]

0:24 "Each determined to gain control of the ultimate high ground"


*Obi-Wan would like to know your location*

[hooliator]

My father was an engineer for Hughes Aircraft in El Segundo CA. I remember reading about this in Popular Mechanics. I very excitedly showed my dad. He picked up his briefcase. Unlocked it. Then pulled out the blueprints for the guidance system for this missile. Turns out missile guidance systems were his specialty.

[augustusofprimaporta]

To this day, the F-15 remains the most capable air superiority aircraft in the world

*Change my mind*

[Some_Beach]

10 seconds is a decade to a fighter pilot

[stevenjobs]

So Tom Clancy's satellite destruction missile mounted to an F-15 (red storm rising actually existed)

[dougcox]

The plural of aircraft is aircraft. Aircrafts is not a word.

[joynermark]

Another million pieces of space junk..

[raphaellauf]

The closest we ever came to space warfare and probably the most realistic depiction of it

[theotherside]

*"The Pentagon sees the rockets as threats to national security".*
*I'm sure US sees even Russian biscuits as threats to national security.*

[theotherside]

*The title of the video made it sound like they built a plane capable of going out into Space to combat a satellite. Some commercial passenger planes fly at 40, 000 feet above international waters.*

[ntb]

but can it bring Harambe back to life?

[burhanshahid]

Today is September 13, 2019. So this happened exactly 34 years ago

[mapsandmaverics]

Two words for major concern "Space Debris"

[Dusers]

0:24
Obi Wan: Dont try it!

Anakin: *jumps*

Obi Wan: Fox-2

[lowtech]

Incredible what an F-15 and a capable pilot can do.

[Durzo]

It's only a matter of time before we build 6th gen fighters that can do what man has yearned to do since the beginning of time... *shoot down the sun!*