747 Cruise Missile/JDAM carrier?

[David E. Powell]

So.... if the USAF needed quick bombers, of the heavy kind....

Could this work? Wing racks might be doable.... I am not sure about putting
in a bomb bay, though doing it ahead and aft of the wing and gear cluster
might be doable.

[Kevin Brooks]

"David E. Powell" > wrote in message
s.com...
> So.... if the USAF needed quick bombers, of the heavy kind....
>
> Could this work? Wing racks might be doable.... I am not sure about
putting
> in a bomb bay, though doing it ahead and aft of the wing and gear cluster
> might be doable.

The USAF actually evaluated a proposal back during the carter era, IIRC, of
using widebody transportsd in the ALCM dispensing role--it came to nothing.
I believe the plan was to have to have the missiles drop out of a chute from
internal carriage.

Brooks

>
>

[Robert]

On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 00:43:06 -0400, "Kevin Brooks"
> wrote:

>
>"David E. Powell" > wrote in message
s.com...
>> So.... if the USAF needed quick bombers, of the heavy kind....
>>
>> Could this work? Wing racks might be doable.... I am not sure about
>putting
>> in a bomb bay, though doing it ahead and aft of the wing and gear cluster
>> might be doable.
>
>The USAF actually evaluated a proposal back during the carter era, IIRC, of
>using widebody transportsd in the ALCM dispensing role--it came to nothing.
>I believe the plan was to have to have the missiles drop out of a chute from
>internal carriage.
>
>Brooks
>
>>
>>
>


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