Mobile rocket-assisted takeoff launch platform - photo

[Jon]

Mobile rocket-assisted takeoff launch platform.

Fullsize image: https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/h...d_fullsize.jpg




Previously:

Operation Credible Sport: C-130s modified with rockets for hostage rescue
NASA water deluge rocket launch system - GIF

[bruce.desertrat]

Must have been exciting to ride that... here's a video of the German Air force testing it with an F-104 https://theaviationist.com/2018/01/1...g-starfighter/

[blkadder]

I can already hear the initial idea being pitched; No Johnny, It will work, trust us. Johnny responds with that look like, you guys are insane, and says, sure, why not.