Re: "Big" Missile Launched from C-17



Ed Kyle wrote:


It would seem that the missile defense effort might
be creating some potentially useful space launch
infrastructure.


It also might be creating something along the line of an air-launched IRBM, ala Skybolt.
That target vehicle launcher is big enough that you could put a real warhead on it with ease.
It could also be used for covert quick reaction small satellite launches.

Pat
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