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first launched in 1958 to update the naval air fleet, the P61 sorrow is a mach 2 interceptor was needed to counter attack any possible threat against the fleet from the air after the bureau of military aviation and studies recognized how modern navies and air forces are arming new anti ship weapons where gone are the days of plane launched torpedos and now mach 3 missiles that could level an entire super structure of a battleship so with a need of a carrier launched interceptor strike wing to engage enemy planes in quick response was needed to give carriers a full set of plane types, during the time of its commission, the navy looked to arm the sorrow with hydrogen missiles since nuclear weapons was looked as best for used as electric power then weapons

Description
first launched in 1958 to update the naval air fleet, the P61 sorrow is a mach 2 interceptor was needed to counter attack any possible threat against the fleet from the air after the bureau of military aviation and studies recognized how modern navies and air forces are arming new anti ship weapons where gone are the days of plane launched torpedos and now mach 3 missiles that could level an entire super structure of a battleship so with a need of a carrier launched interceptor strike wing to engage enemy planes in quick response was needed to give carriers a full set of plane types, during the time of its commission, the navy looked to arm the sorrow with hydrogen missiles since nuclear weapons was looked as best for used as electric power then weapons