Naif al Hilali
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Oh, and the AIM-9 being launched off rails as it is, will likely damage the fuselage from 5L and 5R if I am not mistaken. There was a twin-launcher being designed for AIM-120s (stations 3 and 7 I believe) but I do not know if it was ever deployed. Sorry, memory is a little sketchy on these points.The Skyflash doors were found to interfere with flight characteristics along with pudding needless stress on the air-frame.
Every weapons has a flight profile after release as well which is also dependant upon the aerodynamics of the aircraft. in simple words, stores need to be able to separate from the aircraft safely 99% of the time and any chance of the following is avoided as best as possible.
Dual Missile Rails/Droptanks
http://www.f-16.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10483