I am instinctively against using cargo planes as missile launchers but this is beyond awesome (assuming they get hypersonics to work)

🇺🇸 The REVOLVER launcher in the cargo compartment of a military Boeing C-17 Globemaster III, with two sequentially installed drums and an electromagnetic catapult for launching 12 Boeing X-51A Waverider hypersonic cruise missilespic.twitter.com/mxRNwB02Eh

— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) June 21, 2024

I'm against using cargo planes in an offensive role. My thinking is that they should be used to carry desperately needed munitions to the "real" fighters. But this is cool. Very cool. If they can get hypersonics to work and IF we can get the next gen lifter into production then I have no problem with it.

Of course this does lead to the next question.  Should our next gen heavy lifter be designed from the outset to launch missiles or is simply installing a module good enough?