ICBM Escalation E2: The Cuban Crisis & F-16s and Hornets over Vietnam

If air-power can't solve your military problems, then clearly you're just not using enough air power. With our nuclear program now basically reduced to whatever we can steal from the Soviets and half the tech tree being ignored, we have some scope to focus our research efforts. This episode, we start to see that focus payoff. North Vietnam had some very good air defences for the era - but how do you think it would have fared against F-16s, F-15s & F/A-18s turning up years ahead of schedule? Patreon:   / perunau