North American GAM-77 Hound Dog Missile

The Hound Dog missile was designed as a long-range defense suppression missile to be carried in pairs on the under-wing pylons of B-52 Bombers. When launched at high altitude, the Hound Dog’s 1-megaton warhead could strike a target nearly 500 miles away, having been guided by an inertial guidance system and targeting information supplied by a computer within the B-52. Also, the B-52 could utilize the Hound Dog’s jet engines for supplemental thrust during high-weight takeoffs. It was operational with SAC between 1961 and 1976.