Originally Posted by
cokecan
iirc, didn't we look at something broadly similar towards the begining of the FOAS programme in the late 80's/early 90's?
i remember an artists impression of what looked rather like an A400M shoving TLAM's on pallets out the back, and them whizzing off to their targets...
Sort of........early 2000's too
I can't see how a transporter/subsonic heavy aircraft will be able to get close/fast enough for an effective probability of kill. Amraam range isn't all that impressive as it is, lauch it from a lumbering lump and even less so.
Meteor has been developed for good reason, energy and range, but even that benifits greatly from a decent launch velocity considering it uses ramjets in conjunction with a rocket motor.
B1B might be doable, it can at least manoeuvre and run away fairly quickly.
http://gripen4canada.********.co.uk/2014/08/meteor-vs-amraam-minor-upgrade-or.html