Thread: AWACS plane with missiles?
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Old 01-18-2008, 18:41 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Silent Hunter View Post
Has the USAF ever considering making a "aerial battleship"- an E-3 equipped with a lot of AAMs?
Look up "missileer" to see why such a concept would not work.

US Navy thought about the "aerial battleship" concept and it was utterly impractical.
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