Originally Posted by
typerated
Thanks - I didn't know they had stopped (at least for the front line) that's fascinating.
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I've seen 1000's of them dropped so it is the end of an era. Presume they finished with the Tornado.
I also assume the Spadeadam is not useful any more. I've no idea if it has modern threats these days but the practice of countermeasures would be severely limited.
Hard to see it providing anything a sim can't
When Spade opened in the late 70s ultra low level was a large part of the EW training - how times have changed.
We actually ditched the practice bombs and CBLS when the dumb bombs went out of service, some time around 2012ish.