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To: Lazamataz

What is that black bent tube between the upper set of fins? Looks like a rear-facing camera, but if so, why rear-facing?


97 posted on 02/16/2005 8:40:18 AM PST by NCC-1701 (ISLAM IS A CULT, PURE AND SIMPLE!!!!! IT MUST BE ERADICATED FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH.)
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To: NCC-1701
What is that black bent tube between the upper set of fins? Looks like a rear-facing camera, but if so, why rear-facing?

On long flights, missiles may need refueling.

That is it's refueling umbilical.

98 posted on 02/16/2005 8:42:52 AM PST by Lazamataz (Proudly Posting Without Reading the Article Since 1999!)
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Electrical cable which attaches to a cannon plug on the missile rail of the aircraft.


129 posted on 02/16/2005 11:44:37 AM PST by A.A. Cunningham
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