> It's not going to hover, that would be insane (in fuel use if nothing else) Really nerdy aside: it would also be insane with regards to hot gas ingestion. Th

> It's not going to hover, that would be insane (in fuel use if nothing else) Really nerdy aside: it would also be insane with regards to hot gas ingestion. There would be a very high likelihood that the engine would take in the missile exhaust if launches happened in the semi-jet-borne or jet-borne regions.