 Avro's response became the CF-105.The need for a newer and much more powerful interceptor aircraft was clear even before the CF-100 entered service.The CF-105 Arrow was rolled out on 4 October 1957, coincidentally the very same day the USSR launched Sputnik 1 into orbit, heralding the dawn of the space age and potentially the end of the Arrow's main target, the long-range bomber.