Note: remember, any engine without a manual transmission is effectively controlled by a computer (see: fuel-injection). If the computer isn't combat hardened (i.e. against EMPs), you are dead-in-the-watter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvGfN0krZsA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR6DO2N-08Q ... longer vid, but explains why the B52 is a better platform choice vs more modern bombers for this interdiction mission.
Image of external B52 cruise missile mounts: https://cdn10.picryl.com/photo/1979/12/06/a-left-side-view-of-a-b-52-stratofortress-aircraft-carrying-agm-109-tomahawk-362bb4-1600.jpg
Internal rotary mount: (1979 tech) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-hCjO43k-1Y/maxresdefault.jpg
Note: remember, any engine without a manual transmission is effectively controlled by a computer (see: fuel-injection). If the computer isn't combat hardened (i.e. against EMPs), you are dead-in-the-watter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvGfN0krZsA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR6DO2N-08Q ... longer vid, but explains why the B52 is a better platform choice vs more modern bombers for this interdiction mission.
Image of external B52 cruise missile mounts: https://cdn10.picryl.com/photo/1979/12/06/a-left-side-view-of-a-b-52-stratofortress-aircraft-carrying-agm-109-tomahawk-362bb4-1600.jpg
Internal rotary mount: (1979 tech) https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-hCjO43k-1Y/maxresdefault.jpg