F-15 ACTIVE was a testbed for various technologies specifically thrust vectoring and enhanced maneuverability (Those canards you see sticking out the mid-section) which were used in the Strike Eagle variant. Later it was given to NASA which improved those technologies even further. The jet got decommissioned in 2009
Concentrated fuck you.
The lead designer or something like had so much faith in the pilot's survivability inside the Hind that as a proof of concept they made a cockpit, took a top of the line AA gun and unloaded at the cockpit with the guy inside (The glass held. There's a video on youtube if you call bullshit)
But remember, war only looks cool. (Great for R&D though)
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