Rapid dragon concept allow you to load cruise missile inside pallets and put on common cargo aircraft, then these cargo aircraft can launch all short of cruise missiles and bombs just like a bomber.
For example: a C-17 can carry and launch 32 JASSM/LRASM missile
For comparison, a dedicated...
A staple of the Air Force's long-range strike portfolio has come to the end of the road. The AGM-86C/D Conventional Air-Launched Cruise Missile (CALCM), the non-nuclear sibling of the AGB-86B that remains in service as the backbone of the B-52's nuclear strike mission, is being put rest after...
air combat command
alcm
calcm
cold war
cold war ii
cruise missile
early 21st century
late 20th century
nuclear battlefield
post-cold war
strategic air command
sub-strategic nuke
tactical nuke
united states air force
Hi folks,
Couldn't find a thread appropriate so here goes:
Blue Steel MkII full-scale mock up fitted with wing-tip-mounted Bristol Siddeley ramjets:
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Blue Steel Viper variant full-scale mock up:
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1950s
1960s
a.v. roe and company / avro
alcm
armstrong siddeley
armstrong whitworth aircraft
cold war
cruise missile
great britain
ministry of supply
nuclear battlefield
or.1132
or.1159
raf bomber command
raf strike command
royal air force
stand-off bomb
united kingdom
Curious to know if Concorde was ever considered in a military role, maybe as a recce aircraft or cruise missile platform?
Would this have been feasible?
alcm
cold war
electronic warfare
elint
great britain
hypersonic
nuclear battlefield
raf strike command
royal air force
sigint
signals intelligence
strategic bomber
strategic reconnaissance
supersonic transport
tactical reconnaissance
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