Originally Posted by
Lyneham Lad
They decided to hang Harpoons on P-3s in the 80's, so why not hang a missile or two on the next MPA aircraft?
Seems a rational option to want to have.
NAVAIR is also interested in outfitting the maritime patrol aircraft with 500lb to 2,000lb-class bombs fitted with Joint Direct Attack Munition guidance kits, Mk62/63/65 Quickstrike sea mines, Raytheon’s gliding Small Diameter Bomb, as well as Miniature Air Launched Decoys, according to a notice posted online 28 January.
And why not? It is a war plane. 