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RAPID DRAGON: TURNING AMERICA’S CARGO PLANES INTO MISSILE-PACKED ARSENAL SHIPS
The Sandboxx ^
| 6/28/2022
| Alex Hollings
Posted on 08/21/2022 5:47:15 PM PDT by krogers58
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This is part of the US's new battle concept of distributed lethality. There are plans underway to be able to use 747's be able to carry 3 times the number of cruise missiles as a B-52. How many 747's can we lay our hands on in the time of war?
Active work is being done to also destroy the Chinese air defense system in the MALD program, with the ADM-160 MALD program. Ingenious, and cost effective.
https://www.sandboxx.us/blog/adm-160-mald-americas-secret-weapon-to-engage-air-defenses-isnt-a-weapon-at-all/
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posted on
08/21/2022 5:47:15 PM PDT
by
krogers58
To: krogers58
I hate China.
I love Chinese food and Chinese women but I hate China.
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posted on
08/21/2022 5:49:15 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(The firearms I own today, are the firearms I will die with. How I die will be up to them.)
To: Lazamataz
I second that wholeheartedly
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posted on
08/21/2022 5:51:35 PM PDT
by
datura
(Eventually, the Lord and the Truth will win.)
To: krogers58
The USAF successfully launched a Minuteman ICBM from a C-5 Galaxy cargo plane.
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posted on
08/21/2022 5:57:03 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
To: Lazamataz
China makes stuff America can’t live without, such as drug precursors.
In 1950, Red China sent US forces fleeing from North Korea.
To: Lazamataz
I won’t lose any sleep thinking like that.
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posted on
08/21/2022 5:58:18 PM PDT
by
heshtesh
To: krogers58
How many 747's can we lay our hands on in the time of war?The Mojave desert might be the answer.
![43-F74-CC0-EB15-4-D0-F-BA2-A-7-E9-FB1-AE9096](https://i.postimg.cc/FRwRTb12/43-F74-CC0-EB15-4-D0-F-BA2-A-7-E9-FB1-AE9096.jpg)
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posted on
08/21/2022 5:59:15 PM PDT
by
broken_clock
(Go Trump! Still praying.)
To: krogers58
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posted on
08/21/2022 5:59:53 PM PDT
by
sauropod
(Unbelief has nothing to say. Chance favors the prepared mind.)
To: krogers58
How many 747's can we lay our hands on in the time of war? Using 747s at cruise missile carriers is not a new concept. It was first proposed as an alternative to the B-1 bomber.
http://www.boeing-747.com/special_boeing_747s/747_cmca_-_cruise_missile_carrier.php This variant was considered by the U.S. Air Force as a Cruise Missile Carrier Aircraft during the development of the B-1 Lancer strategic bomber. It would have been equipped with 50 to 100 AGM-86 ALCM cruise missiles on rotary launchers. This plan was abandoned in favor of more conventional strategic bombers.
However, you can't just take a civilian 747 airliner and put cruise missiles in it. There is a lot of specialized modification that have to be done to the aircraft to carry and launch cruise missiles from rotary launcher modules.
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posted on
08/21/2022 6:00:10 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
To: krogers58
A cloud of cheap BBs and an expensive high speed missile won’t get along.
To: krogers58; null and void
Is Oceania about to go to war with East Asia?
Hope I’m joking.
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posted on
08/21/2022 6:02:01 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: krogers58
Good thing the Russians and Chinese aren’t thinking of doing the same thing.
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posted on
08/21/2022 6:03:42 PM PDT
by
McGruff
(Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
To: krogers58
A sheet of aluminum can be stamped into a small boat.
Small boats transported Allied troops from Dunkirk to Great Britain.
To: SaveFerris
Is Oceania about to go to war with East Asia?
They've always been at war with each other, donchya know?
To: Lazamataz
I hate the Chinese government. I hate Biden and democrats the same amount, maybe more.
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posted on
08/21/2022 6:06:37 PM PDT
by
Fai Mao
To: krogers58
I was expecting that one 😁😜.
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posted on
08/21/2022 6:10:03 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: Yo-Yo
So, one does not simply take cruise missiles into a 747 cargo hold?
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posted on
08/21/2022 6:11:39 PM PDT
by
fishtank
(The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
To: Brian Griffin
In 1950, Red China sent US forces fleeing from North Korea. Nope. We didn't flee North Korea in 1950.
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posted on
08/21/2022 6:12:28 PM PDT
by
ealgeone
To: Lazamataz
Over there its just called Food
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posted on
08/21/2022 6:15:19 PM PDT
by
al baby
(Yes i know it was Gere )
To: krogers58
It also means that it would behoove any enemy to take out every civilian airliner and cargo plane at the start of a conflict. Occupied or not.
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posted on
08/21/2022 6:15:52 PM PDT
by
glorgau
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