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It has an external war load of 6 Tons (or six Mk 84 bombs plus change) and has avionics designed to operate as wide a range of weapons as possible accept upgrades to wiring and equipment. |
It has an external war load of 6 Tons (or six Mk 84 bombs plus change) and has avionics designed to operate as wide a range of weapons as possible accept upgrades to wiring and equipment. |
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It's internal stores consists of two 20mm Cyclovulcans (a version of a normal [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M61_Vulcan M61 vulcan] except it can accept RDX powered ammunition) with 600 rounds each and decoy dispensers with 200 combined chaff and flare rounds. |
It's internal stores consists of two 20mm Cyclovulcans (a version of a normal [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M61_Vulcan M61 vulcan] except it can accept [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDX RDX] powered ammunition) with 600 rounds each and decoy dispensers with 200 combined [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaff_%28radar_countermeasure%29 chaff] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flare_%28countermeasure%29 flare] rounds. |
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The radar system is integrated into all external faces of the airframe (with the exception of transparent parts such as cockpit and visual/IR cameras and laser balls) turning the skin into a phased antenna for both passive and active modes, giving the aircraft a sensor traverse of 360 degrees and a sensor elevation of 90 degrees at all headings. |
The radar system is integrated into all external faces of the airframe (with the exception of transparent parts such as cockpit and visual/IR cameras and laser balls) turning the skin into a phased antenna for both passive and active modes, giving the aircraft a sensor traverse of 360 degrees and a sensor elevation of 90 degrees at all headings. |