Specifications |
Variant | Tornado GR1A | Tornado GR4A
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Wing Span | 45ft 7.25in (13.90m) - wings fully spread; 28ft 2.5in (8.59m) - 68° sweep | 8.56m
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Length | 54ft 9.5in (16.70m) | 17.23m
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Engine | Two afterburning Turbo Union RB199-103 turbofans | Two RR RB199 Mk103 turbofans
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Thrust | 15,800lb st. | 16,000lbs each
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Maximum speed | 1,452mph (2,336km/h) at 36,000ft (11,000m) | 1.3Mach
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Service Ceiling | 50,000ft
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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
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Accomodation | Pilot and navigator in tandem seating | 2
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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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