Originally Posted by
LowObservable
As I understand it, MRA4 was only budgeted to be armed with torpedoes. The P-8A is designed to carry Harpoon, JSOW and mines, not to mention the AAS, which is presumably where the MMA name justifies itself.
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The MRA4 was designed to carry a lot more than torpedos -what we budgetted for may be different, but I recall late in the programme BAE touting it as an overland bomber armed with LGBs