Why don't planes have rear mounted missiles?

[Fletcher]

Hmm, it it then feasible to 'drop' a sort of static 'burst' weapon. Since as said the weapon would have near zero if any reverse acceleration to go towards the enemy plane, why not a weapon that 'sticks' in the relative area, and when an enemy plane enters its firing range. Boom.

Think of it as a flak mine. Is that possible?

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