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Hrm. The german F-104G were planned for the same 'drop that thing high, and get the hell away from there!'

Meaning when reaching the target, leaving low-level flight, and letting the eggs fall while curving up, so the eggs 'fly' for a while in a parabolic arc, longer than actual free fall. So plane and pilot would have (more) time to escape the blast.

Was described in much detail in the 'Reibert' for the Luftwaffe from the 80ies.

( https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Reibert )



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