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If I recall correctly the Cap D was for Brimstone integration?
The Harrier integration of SS was to be on the inboard pylons - the same ones used for the big fuel tanks? There were worries about vibration and thermal damage from the nozzles. Whilst it was doubtful if Harrier could take a pair of SSs off of a short CVS with a ski jump with the required EW Countermeasures and air-air weapons, there were more doubts as to whether it could bring them back on board (they are expensive and we don’t want to throw them away so that others can round them up off of the sea bed!).
Anyhow, the carriage of SS on Harrier had been pushed back on so many occasions due to the expense required that even if we had kept it over Tornado then SS probably would not have been integrated before OSD and the arrival of Lightning in 2018. The ground fitment trials were as far as it ever got and there was a long and expensive road ahead, due to a number of issues, that meant it probably only ever sat upon a dream sheet along with some photos of the dummies on a jet.
Last edited by Lima Juliet; 15th Feb 2018 at 23:15.