XWe covered this story with more depth in an early video, but we thought it was about time to revisit it. Back in 1974, the Air Mobility Feasibility Demonstration Program aimed to field America’s Minuteman I ICBMs as air-launched weapons… and it worked.
If you thought Kinzhal was something, wait until you see this.
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Watch the old full-length version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFlGqD3aVxw
Further Reading:
America really launched an ICBM from the back of a C-5 cargo plane
Citations:
Kissinger: https://amcmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Hangar_Digest_January_2013.pdf
C-5: https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a22130434/c5-badass-plane/
C-5: https://amcmuseum.org/at-the-museum/aircraft/c-5a-galaxy/
Vladicostok Summit: https://history.state.gov/milestones/1969-1976/salt
ALBM Study: https://uploads.fas.org/2019/11/FAS-ALBM.pdf