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Military


Tornado Tactical Air Reconnaissance


Specifications
VariantTornado GR1A Tornado GR4A
Country of Origin
Builder
Role
Similar Aircraft
Wing Span 45ft 7.25in (13.90m) - wings fully spread; 28ft 2.5in (8.59m) - 68° sweep 8.56m
Wing Area
Sweep
Wing Aspect Ratio
Fuselage Maximum Diameter
Length 54ft 9.5in (16.70m) 17.23m
Height
Weight
Engine Two afterburning Turbo Union RB199-103 turbofansTwo RR RB199 Mk103 turbofans
Thrust15,800lb st. 16,000lbs each
Maximum speed 1,452mph (2,336km/h) at 36,000ft (11,000m)1.3Mach
Cruising speed
Range
Service Ceiling50,000ft
Armament Up to 18,000lb of ordnance.Storm Shadow, DMS and Legacy Brimstone, ALARM Mk 2, AIM-9L Sidewinder, Paveway II, Paveway III, Enhanced Paveway, Paveway IV, Mauser 27mm Cannon, ASRAAM
Accomodation Pilot and navigator in tandem seating2
Cost
Recognition Short fat fuselage with a very large swept fin and rudder. Shoulder-mounted variable geometry wings of delta shape when fully swept. Bubble two-seat tandem cockpit and a short nose cone. All moving tailplane on the sides of the twin tailpipes.




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