Originally Posted by
Mad (Flt) Scientist
it wasn't the pylon, it was the multiple bomb carrier (TRU? MRU?) that was ejected along with the bomb. Since it's attached to the pylon, the ejectors in the pylon can 9and in this case evidently did) act to jettison the whole assembly.
A bit of googling says its a Multiple Ejector rack - MER - knew it was a TLA at least!
Going a bit off-topic... but I still would say dropping the MER still joined to the bomb (rather than separately) sounds like a failure, or a dumb idea, since it would affect the bombs trajectory.
PS I'll see if i can find any of the ones i recall. Many were 20 or 30 years old by now, and I'm sure some were 'internal' or 'restricted', though probably not now - I doubt anyone is going to learn any state secrets looking at a Buccaneer test cine film now!
Would be interesting, but I suppose it's unlikely any of it was converted to video, and ended up on YouTube.....
CJ