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The US Air Force's Rapid Dragon system repurposes cargo planes like Hercules and Globemaster into palletised cruise missile carriers, turning them into bombers with substantial munition capacity.Summary
KEY POINTS:
- Escalating conventional threat levels from potential adversaries.
- Analyzing tactical aspects, survivability, and wider threat ranges in hostile environments.
- Exploring crisis-time NATO-style sharing agreements for loading nuclear systems onto non-US aircraft.
- Rapid Dragon-like nuclear-capable systems could complicate arms control talks, affecting relations with NATO allies.
