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Old 6th Jul 2007, 18:27
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Lots of weapon stations?

Yes and no...

The JSF has a respectable 11 stations.

However, five of those are quite limited. The centerline is mainly there for the external gun. The weapon bay AAM stations are AMRAAM or possibly ASRAAM rated, and the outer wing stations are SRAAM-only.

That leaves six heavy stations, of which two (internal) are volume-limited to roughly the size of a 2000 lb JDAM.

That's respectable. 13 stations (Phoon) is OK, but this is scary:

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