Military Aircraft Systems
Air-to-Surface Missiles Objective: To identify the different types of Air-to-Surface Weapons in service with the Royal Air Force.
General Purpose Bombs
General Purpose Bombs Freefall or Retarded, Unguided Bombs Tornado GR4 Typhoon FGR4 Harrier GR9 (Retired 2011)
General Purpose Bombs The 540lb (312kg) and 1000lb (505kg) general purpose bombs can be dropped as unguided freefall bombs or fitted with a retarder unit, allowing aircraft to drop a bomb at low level over the target and get clear before detonation. Both bombs have three modes of detonation: above a target in airburst mode, impact detonation, or post-impact detonation after a pre-set delay.
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