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The RAF's newest and most versatile multi-role fighter, the Eurofighter Typhoon, has dropped its first in-service bomb scoring a direct hit on a target at sea off the Welsh coast.
The weapon, a 1,000lb (454kg) Paveway 2 laser guided bomb (LGB) was dropped by a Typhoon of No 11 Squadron who are based at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire.
The RAF Typhoon carried out the trial alongside a BAE Systems twin-seat Typhoon carrying a Rafael Litening lll laser pod which illuminated the target. The laser guided the Paveway 2 dropped by the RAF Typhoon straight to the target.
Trials are continuing to perfect its bomb-dropping techniques with a view to achieving an initial air-to-ground attack capability by the summer of 2008. This follows on from the aircraft being declared operational in the air-to-air role, defending UK air space from aerial threats, on 29 June 2007.
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The weapon, a 1,000lb (454kg) Paveway 2 laser guided bomb (LGB) was dropped by a Typhoon of No 11 Squadron who are based at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire.
The RAF Typhoon carried out the trial alongside a BAE Systems twin-seat Typhoon carrying a Rafael Litening lll laser pod which illuminated the target. The laser guided the Paveway 2 dropped by the RAF Typhoon straight to the target.
Trials are continuing to perfect its bomb-dropping techniques with a view to achieving an initial air-to-ground attack capability by the summer of 2008. This follows on from the aircraft being declared operational in the air-to-air role, defending UK air space from aerial threats, on 29 June 2007.
Text and image, source and copyright - UK MoD
