The AGM-129 entered service and was withdrawn from service, all pretty much entirely without fanfare. It was a stealthy cruise missile with a faceted nose, a flush NACA-style inlet for its turbojet on the underside and flip-out forward swept wings. Very little information about this has been made public over the years; not even a decent layout drawing of the thing. Oddly, though, multiple AGM-129’s are on display at museums around the country. I’ve taken photos and measurements made by myself and others, along with a few simple but official General Dynamics diagrams, and constructed a set of layout drawings for the AGM-129.
I’ve also made available a high-rez version of this that prints out at 1/48 scale when printed at 300 dpi (fits on a standard sheet of paper). And it’s free of charge… *if* you have a copy of Aerospace Projects Review issue V1N1. When you click on the link to the drawing, you should be prompted for a username and password; the username is “v1n1,” and the password is… the first word on page 11 of V1N1 (remember that capitalization counts).
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You sure didn’t see much about them when they were in service.
It apparently had a very troubled developmen, with quality control problems in its construction, and a unfortunate tendency to go out of control as it was dropped from the carrier aircraft.
Codename for the project may have been “Senior Needle”.
Lockheed’s “Have Blue” based “Senior Prom” competitor was pretty wild looking also:
http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/app4/senior-prom.html
One of those was supposed to have done tests with a active optical stealth system based on electroluminescent panels on its exterior to let it mimic the sky color and brightness above it.
Senior Prom didn’t look like something that would fold well for carriage on the bomber, which may be why it lost out.
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