Arsenal Plane concept (USA)

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http://www.popularmechanics.com/mil...62/pentagon-announces-arsenal-plane-platform/

"The Arsenal Plane concept: An ideal Arsenal Plane would be a large platform with long range and mid-air refueling capability. The plane would need to be equipped with Link 16, a digital datalink system used by the U.S. military and allied ships, planes and ground forces to communicate with one another and share information.The new plane would supplement the F-35 in places where the fighter-bomber is weak, particularly in weapons carrying capability."

 

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Air Force Unveils First Test Of Arsenal Plane Concept And New CLEAVER Munition...

 

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Air Force C-17 Launched A Pallet Of Mock Cruise Missiles During Recent Arsenal Plane Test...

 

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The USAF Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation (SDPE) Office awarded Lockheed Martin a USD25 million contract to support the fourth phase of the service’s Palletized Munitions Experimentation Campaign (PMEC), under which airlifter such as the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III and Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules would be used as air-to-surface weapons delivery vehicles.

 

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Ezzel megint az lesz a probléma, hogy nem tudod mi közelít adott esetben. Egy C-17 vagy C-130J ha nem is veszélytelen, de nem kiemelt célpont.
Ha viszont az ilyen megoldások elterjednek, nem lesz mérlegelés, mert lehet, hogy 10 tonna rízst hogy, egy Cat D9-est vagy éppen két tucat robotrepülőgépet...

 

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The Rapid Dragon airdropped palletized weapons system will be tested off Norway sometime between Nov. 9 – 11.

A large area west of Andøya and Tromsø in Northern Norway will be closed to air and marine traffic during that period.

The Rapid Dragon is a highly potent weapon system that can launch a swarm of cruise missiles from a standard military transport plane.

The first live fire test of the Rapid Dragon took place on Dec. 16, 2021 and involved a MC-130J.

Rapid Dragon (missile system) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

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US MC-130J Airdrops Cruise Missiles With Rapid Dragon Deployment System During Test In Norway

 

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The US Air Force (USAF) is developing the capability to launch cruise missiles and other air-to-ground weapons from cargo aircraft. Experiments deploying palletized munitions are currently being conducted as part of the ‘Rapid Dragon’ programme. The new operational concept is also being recommended to allies as a rapid force multiplier...

 

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The U.S. Air Force’s Air Mobility Command (AMC) has conducted a successful test of the Rapid Dragon pallet system as part of its massive exercise across the Pacific, as the command wants to include the system in all of its planning...

 

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USAF demonstrates Rapid Dragon capability in Qatar...

"We are demonstrating the capability for the MC-130, which is a special operations C-130 Super Hercules, to load, unload, and if it should become necessary -- arm the aircraft with the JASSM,...”

 

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