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Fanfic related question:
Anyone got any ideas on how to make sense of the mix of missiles the VF-171s carry? They seem to carry two long range types which are often fired simultaneously even though one type looks like it ought to have a longer burning engine (due to the weapon's own greater length).
I'd thought perhaps the longer missiles could be some sort of high speed anti ship missile which had secondary anti-fighter applications thanks to a multi function fuse with proximity mode. But the missiles are narrow in profile, more like an air to air weapon than an anti-ship weapon.
To complicate matters further, the VF-171EX mounts containers on one arm that are supposedly for anti-ship missiles. However these missile containers don't seem like a good fit for any of the underwing ordinance or practically any missile at all for that matter due to their shape (look at them head on -they narrow out at either the top or bottom -what the heck type of missles are in those?).
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