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YB49 had issues in that it could not physically carry the nuclear bombs of the time (bays wrong dimensions, because expletives deleted USAF would not tell Northrop how big the bombs were). Plus, the change from props to jets halved the range of the plane, making it no longer intercontinental. Early jets were THAT thirsty compared to R4360s.Arrow was largely trapped due to insistence on the Active Sparrow. Had someone put their foot down and said "we cannot make an EFFECTIVE active radar homing missile with the available technology" then gone to SARH Sparrows like Phantom was carrying...P6M Seamaster was operationally replaced by Polaris. Not to mention Polaris needing that budget...I know we've gone over why MRA4s were canceled, and I know it's not because no two airframes were the same. *forum search* Ah, right. Nobody left knew how to design mechanical control cable systems, and they searched all over the globe to try to find some.
YB49 had issues in that it could not physically carry the nuclear bombs of the time (bays wrong dimensions, because expletives deleted USAF would not tell Northrop how big the bombs were). Plus, the change from props to jets halved the range of the plane, making it no longer intercontinental. Early jets were THAT thirsty compared to R4360s.
Arrow was largely trapped due to insistence on the Active Sparrow. Had someone put their foot down and said "we cannot make an EFFECTIVE active radar homing missile with the available technology" then gone to SARH Sparrows like Phantom was carrying...
P6M Seamaster was operationally replaced by Polaris. Not to mention Polaris needing that budget...
I know we've gone over why MRA4s were canceled, and I know it's not because no two airframes were the same. *forum search* Ah, right. Nobody left knew how to design mechanical control cable systems, and they searched all over the globe to try to find some.
