Cold War Knock-Off: Was The Su-24 A Copy Of The US F-111 & French Mirage?

The Sukhoi Su-24 bomber first flew in 1967 and entered service in 1974. It belonged to an era of variable-geometry wing designs, and some observers point out that it not only copied the General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark but also the French Dassault Mirage G8. The Soviet Union developed the Su-24 as a supersonic, all-weather tactical bomber, and it has been particularly notable in Ukrainian service during the Russian Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine.