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Old October 25th 03, 06:13 PM
Paul F Austin
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"Tom Cooper" wrote

The AIM-47 also utilized dual-mode SARH/IR terminal homing, and it has

been
speculated that a 200kT nuclear warhead would have been fitted to

production
weapons at some point in the development process. This ultimately turned

out
to be both false and unnecessary, as on one occasion an AIM-47 trials

round
skewered the vertical tail of a QB-47 target drone. With such accuracy
nobody needed nukes.


Optical nuke?