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On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:51:15 -0500, "Bruce R"
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"Troy24" wrote in message
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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.

On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:38:16 +0000, Troy24 wrote:

A unique feature of the Hound Dog was its engine could be used to
supplement those of the carrier B-52 to augment thrust at take-off or
cruise. The missile could then be refueled from the host B-52 wing
fuel tanks prior to its launch.

Bruce R wrote:
"Troy24" wrote in message
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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??

Hound dogs, essentially an early cruise missile.

My understanding is that the Bomber could use the Hound Dog engines for
extra thrust on take off, and then refuel the missile from bomber fuel
stores.