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You don't mean the unmanned missile fighters, do you?
http://nanashi.macrossmecha.info/resrc/cat/aero/umf.html
nope it looks more like this
http://nanashi.macrossmecha.info/resrc/cat...w_hmm-2040.html
Rearward... sort of however there is no central nozzle hole-the end of the thing comes to a point.
while thats true you still have to consider is it a animation error. not like macross has a shortage of that.