Tornado IDS ASSTA1 4x Aim9L?

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Shouldn´t the Tornado IDS ASSTA1 be able to carry up to 4 Aim9L´s ???

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Tornado IDS / ECR family members only carried 2 x AIM-9.

The Tornado ADV / F.3 was the variant to carry 4 x AIM-9.

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In addition to what Smin said, some variants of the tornado could carry ARM missiles on pylons in the same place as the 3rd and 4th 9Ls on the ADVs, but these hard points weren’t wired for A2A missiles. It’s common to see GR4s for example with ALARM mounted in these positions.