 Armament was stored in a large internal bay located in a " belly " position , taking up over one third of the aircraft fuselage . A wide variety of weapons could be deployed from this bay , such as the Hughes Falcon guided missile , the CARDE Velvet Glove air @-@ to @-@ air missile , or four general @-@ purpose 1 @,@ 000 lb bombs . The Velvet Glove radar @-@ guided missile had been under development with the RCAF for some time , but was believed unsuitable for supersonic speeds and lacked development potential . Consequently , further work on that project was cancelled in 1956 . 
