Sep 252011
A few photos of a McDonnell-Douglas display model of a DC-10 modified to launch a pair of MX (or MX-like) ICBMs. The missiles are held in pneumatic tubes, with a high pressure gas system near the nose of each missile; clearly, the missiles would not be simply slid out the back, but rather *shot* out the back with some authority. While the photos do not show the underside of the aft fuselage, clearly there has been some major modification to the design there. Less obvious is a change to the outer moldline of the upper fuselage… “bumps” are added to provide sufficient clearance for the angled missile tubes.
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