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From: figlik@ihlpl.ATT.COM (Jim Figlik)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Vigilante (was Re: Another 2 Libyan jets)
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Date: 18 Jan 89 22:34:50 GMT
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In article <3210@cbnews.ATT.COM> smb@ulysses (Steve Bellovin) writes:
>I seem to recall, many years ago, a Navy jet that could launch a torpedo
>to the rear.  The torpedo tube exit was between the two engine exhausts,
>which in itself would make for some interesting engineering problems.
>Does anyone remember any more details about this plane?

There was a carrier jet called Vigilante that had a rear exit for its
ordenance. I remember reading about it way back when (early '70s 8-).

But it featured a tail cone that was jettisoned and a passage between
the twin engines, but as I remember it was for a nuclear payload.

Jim
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