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Sunday, November 30, 2014

Armed and ready to go: RAF's next-gen fighter passes key weapons test ahead of 2018 lift-off

F-35B STOVL Lightning IIThese new pictures show the RAF's next-generation F-35B fighter, bristling with fearsome state-of-the-art weaponry.

However, the deadly-looking weapons are actually trial or 'dummy' ordnance, which are identical in fit and form to their lethal counterparts but incapable of causing damage.

A UK test team including personnel from BAE Systems, has successfully completed initial aircraft handling trials for ASRAAM and Paveway IV weapons on the F-35B Lightning II aircraft at Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Maryland, United States.

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