Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ncis.llnl.gov!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!ucbvax!decwrl!labrea!rutgers!att!cbnews!fiddler@Sun.COM
From: fiddler@Sun.COM (Steve Hix)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Another 2 Libyan jets
Message-ID: <3306@cbnews.ATT.COM>
Date: 20 Jan 89 05:15:23 GMT
References: <3210@cbnews.ATT.COM>
Sender: military@cbnews.ATT.COM
Lines: 16
Approved: military@att.att.com


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?

It was a nuclear attack bomber called the "Vigilante".  (North American?)

There was a launcher installed between the two engines of the aircraft
intended to let the crew fire a nuclear weapon toward the target while
leaving the neighborhood.

Don't know that it could handle torpedoes, though, since they are
typically 18-24" in diameter.