The size of the airframe, and its evident focus on supersonic persistence, suggests at a minimum an intention to provide a long range interceptor for air control in the Second Island Chain geography.

新机的大小以及它在超音速续航性上的明显关注，至少暗示了提供一种具备争夺第二岛链制空权能力的长间隔截击机的意图。

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Originally developed from the Tornado GR1, the F3 was introduced as a long-range interceptor aircraft to defend UK airspace.

最初从龙卷风gr1发达，F3是引入远程拦截飞机保卫英国领空。

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The Bush plan, which Russia strongly opposed, would have placed 10 interceptor missiles in Poland and a radar base in the Czech Republic to intercept long-range missiles from such states as Iran.

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