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When Boeing 747s were considered as possible Missile Launchers
During the Cold War, Boeing developed plans to load a 747 with as many as 72 air-launched cruise missiles. The variant was to serve as a long-range arsenal ship and was dubbed the 747 Cruise Missile Carrier Aircraft (CMCA). The 747 arsenal ship had a range of nearly 6,000 miles and could carry 70,000 pounds of ordnance. Nine fuselage-mounted rotary launchers would have contained eight AGM-86 cruise missiles each and fired them one at a...
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