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From: scott%sting.Berkeley.EDU@ (Scott Silvey)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: AA Missiles on weapon racks?
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Date: 18 Jul 90 04:08:59 GMT
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From: scott%sting.Berkeley.EDU@ (Scott Silvey)

Are air to air missiles ever mounted on multiple weapon racks
  to increase the missile carrying capacity of combat aircraft?
  I'm thinking of the weapon racks that allow 2 or 3 weapons to 
  be carried on each hardpoint.  Is this even feasable?  Do
  these racks require that all their weapons be released simul-
  taneously?

I've seen configurations with multiple Mavericks per hardpoint,
  so I don't THINK they require simultaneous release.  I just 
  can't think of any reason why I haven't noticed multiple
  Sparrows or Sidewinders per hardpoint (excluding special cases
  like the F-14 or F-15 which can carry 2 Sidewinders on the
  inboard mounts in addition to a standard weapon load).

Thanks for your help ...

Scott