On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:51:15 -0500, "Bruce R"
wrote:


"Troy24" wrote in message
53...


Holy Smoke, look at the size of the missles on the wing next to the
fuselage! What are they and what purpose did they serve??

Bruce

The Hound Dog Missles was designed as a long range, stand-off
air-to-ground strategic missile. It was carried in pairs beneath the
wings of B-52 aircraft. The overall mission of the Hound Dog was to
aid B-52s in successfully carrying out the strategic bombing
offensive. This would be accomplished by providing a means of
attacking and destroying heavily defended enemy targets without
subjecting the B-52 fleet to unacceptable loss levels, and by
assisting bombers in penetrating enemy targets by attacking and
destroying segments of the enemy's air defense system.