A suggestion to turn Boeing 747s into bombers prompts recollection of a cruise-missile carrier proposal. The passenger fittings would be removed to make space for four twelve-shot rotary launchers inside the fuselage. That arrangement would use the airliner's large internal volume to carry a substantial missile load. Its practicality is questioned even as the missile-carrying concept is acknowledged.
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A Boeing 747 with rotary cruise-missile launchers
A recalled proposal would replace a 747's passenger accommodation with four twelve-shot rotary cruise-missile launchers.