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Old 9th Aug 2021, 09:51
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Originally Posted by Yellow Sun
A little known event occurred one weekend when a Nimrod was flown from Kinloss to Lossiemouth where an afternoon was spent trying LGBs for size in the bomb bay. There was no information forthcoming about how they might be used, in fact I somehow doubt that it had developed that far. However it was established that the stores could be carried so I suppose it could have become an “interesting’ option.
Presumably if they put a PaveSpike pod on the wing pylon it could self designate. From memory they also tried fittiing LGBs to the Vulcan, but were hampered by the fact that you could only fit three in the bomb bay
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