12-18-2013, 10:05 AM
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Retired Missile Technician
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Fort Worth, TX
Posts: 1,079
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I believe that the ejection seats were for a low-level, low-speed abort. At a certain part of the envelope they would use the four retro rockets as abort motors to initiate a safe abort.
Chas
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Charles Russell, MSgt,USAF (ret.)
NAR 9790, Lvl 1
SAM "Balls Three"
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