AF envisions wide-body aircraft that could carry, launch cruise missiles
A long-range wide-body aircraft - similar to a modified Boeing 747, Airbus A380 or Boeing C-17 - could be armed with up to 40 cruise missiles to attack targets from outside the threat range of an adversary in a concept under study by the U.S. Air Force. Such a "long-range strike platform" (LRSP) has...
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