CarriedbyH-5bomberorQ-5 attacker, the Yu-2 was designed to flyusingrocketengineinairat high speed before it hits the waterata veryclosedistanceto the surfacetarget.
The sleek, missile-shaped WaveRider was released from a B-52 bomber 50, 000 feet above the Pacific and was initially accelerated by a rocket before the scramjet kicked in.