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If the pylon were longer they could put 9 JASSMs on it without running into weight issues.
originally posted by: Kurokage
a reply to: Zaphod58
Thats a long life for the aircraft!! Imagine if the Wright Brothers were still flying around in the "Wright flyer".
originally posted by: mightmight
a reply to: Zaphod58
Oh come on, this would hardly be the first time the Airforce *thinks* about wasting money.
I'm not opposed to this in principal, i just dont see a compelling reason for this upgrade. Being able to carry MOABs is an unneccessary capability.
But sure, lets make stuff up and pretend the Air Force is sitting on a secret hypersonic weapon in the 5k to 20k range ready for procurement like they propose on TheDrive. Just need to figure out why they wouldnt just have the pylon mod for a super secret hypersonic weapon on the black side as well and we are good to go.