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From: esco%tank@oddjob.uchicago.edu (ross paul weiner)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Vigilante (was Re: Another 2 Libyan jets)
Message-ID: <3276@cbnews.ATT.COM>
Date: 20 Jan 89 05:01:25 GMT
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In article <3243@cbnews.ATT.COM> you write:
:
: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.

Sounds like the A-3 Whale, the Navy's strategic bomber.

Ross P. Weiner		Former Helo Control Officer
esco@tank.uchicago.edu	Think up new disclaimers, they also apply.