14-05-2013, 21:27
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U.K. Looks To Integrate Brimstone On Reaper UAV
http://www.aviationweek.com/Article...3_p0-576042.xml
RAF Reapers are currently operated in the armed reconnaissance role fitted with Lockheed Martin Hellfire missiles, and 500-lb. GBU-12 Paveway II laser guided bombs. Brimstone has many of the characteristics of the Hellfire, and is built inside what is virtually the same airframe. With its dual-mode guidance, using both radar and millimetric seeker, the weapon can be used in a fire-and-forget mode with salvoes offering the ability to attack more than one target. The weapon was used to great effect in Libya during Operation Unified Protector, where it was fired from RAF Panavia Tornado GR4s, currently the only aircraft in the U.K. inventory capable of firing the weapon.
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