Weaponized Airlifters Are Becoming Reality
Dropping munitions from transport aircraft is being tested as part of the “arsenal plane” concept to deliver increased numbers of long-range weapons.
The only picture to have been released to date of the palletized munitions trials shows a CEP pallet loaded with two simulated Cleaver weapons being rolled from the ramp of an MC-130J over the Dugway Proving Ground. (Photo: U.S. Air Force)
The only picture to have been released to date of the palletized munitions trials shows a CEP pallet loaded with two simulated Cleaver weapons being rolled from the ramp of an MC-130J over the Dugway Proving Ground. (Photo: U.S. Air Force)