Pallet II.

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Smart pallets? USAF.

Solution found? Improvisation? Necessity is the mother of invention?

The jury is out. But consider further from the Internet web site Anti-military:

"US Bombers Are So Ridiculously Expensive Air Force Forced to Make Up for Low Numbers by Planning Cargo Planes for Combat"

"Even the massive Air Force budget is still not enough when what you're buying is as dear as the B-2/B-21"

"According to Defense News, the Air Force thinks aircraft such as the C-130J Super Hercules and C-17 Globemaster III could become part-time missile trucks."

Transport aircraft functioning as bomber warplanes. Carrying pallets of missiles to be dropped off the back of a military combat transport while aloft?

An entire load of pallet-loaded missiles, receiving target data from some sort of net-centric targeting system [?]. Released as an intact pallet, which breaks apart during free-fall, missile motors firing and on-the-way to the target? This is what is being talked about?

"The pallets would be capable of feeding position, navigation, and targeting data to their onboard missiles. Once dropped from the rear of the aircraft, the pallets would quickly release their missile cargoes, sending them downrange to their targets. The larger the aircraft, the more missiles it could carry."

It all sounds too good an idea to be true. Why didn't I think of that? Solution found? It remains to be seen.

coolbert.