BlackJack Bomber Loading AS-16 Missiles - Military Weapons Art

SOVIET BLACKJACK LOADING AS-16 MISSILES
by Edward L. Cooper, 1987
AS-16 nuclear missiles carried in the rotary launchers aboard the BLACKJACK strategic bomber in the 1980s were a threat against theater and intercontinental targets. The BLACKJACK bomber entered the Soviet operational inventory in 1988. The AS-16 was a new short range, nuclear armed, air to surface missile.

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