I seem to recall that one method of employing the 2.75 rocket against a
bomber entailed a 'beam' attack where the heading crossing angle (between
the interceptor and target) was somewhere in the vicinity of 135 degrees.
IIRC the combination of short range and high closure caused for a VERY
interesting time in 'getting out of the way' of the debris (assuming you hit
anything; and if you didn't not running into the side of the target)

Mark

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E. Powell writes
Third. did the F-102 have a gun or just internal missiles in a weapon
bay?

Falcon missiles (six IIRC) in the bay, plus 24 x 2.75" rockets (launch
tubes in the bay doors). From memory there were twelve tubes each with
two rockets nose-to-tail: this was sometimes downloaded to twelve, and
F-102s in Vietnam did some very light ground attack (using their IR
sensor to find targets like campfires and the rockets to engage). My
recollections may be at variance with the facts, so check before using


Thanks! I hadn't known about the 2.75 rockets, sounds like the F-94
Scorpion. The Falcon must have been a decent missile, the -106s and other
fighters used them into the 80s and early 90s.