Rapid Dragon missile payloads and bomber integration

What is the value of Rapid Dragon in a Pacific war?

It could provide large missile salvos, but its unproven integration and combat performance make the real payoff uncertain.

Rapid Dragon would use transport aircraft to deliver large missile salvos from pallets released through the rear of the aircraft. A B-52 is proposed as a simpler alternative because it already carries targeting and launch equipment. Whether the bomber would also be cheaper remains disputed: the competing estimate gives the transport system a larger missile load and a cost advantage once operational. Transport aircraft would still need the necessary equipment and integration. Initial combat performance remains uncertain, with the possibility of either a successful massed strike or expensive teething problems.