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What aircraft carry the RAIDS pod?


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Every RAF fast jet over the last 5 years, Tornado(both types), Jaguar, Harrier, Hawk. The version carried by the Typhoon differs from the others by having what appears to be some sort of ballast attached to it.

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Scott is right. The pods on Typhoon are ballasted to make them more representative of an AIM-9 or an ASRAAM. On Hawk and Tornado (along with Jaguar and Harrier when in service) this is not the case.

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