AGM-28 Hound Dog

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United States Air Force]] AGM-28 Hound Dog air-to-surface missile]]s were carried under the wings of B-52]] bombers. With a range of several hundred miles, it was intended to help the bombers penetrate by suppression of enemy air defense]] in the path to the principal target. They served from 1960 to 1975, and were retired for poor reliability and their degradation of B-52 flight performance, especially as B-52 missions went to low altitude where aerodynamic drag was even more of a concern.[1]

Warhead

There are somewhat conflicting reports on the size of its nuclear warhead. The Federation of American Scientists]] describes it generically as 4 Mt,but other reports specifically identify it as a B28 (nuclear weapon)|W28]] known to have a yield between 70 kt and 1.45 Mt. It had Category A, and then B, Permissive Action Link]]s. [2]

References

  1. AGM-28A Hound Dog, Federation of American Scientists
  2. Complete List of All U.S. Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Weapons Archive, 14 October 2006