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Line 1: {{Short description\|Weapons used by aircraft}} [[File:~~A2F~~Grumman A-16A ~~armament~~Intruder ~~NAN9-63~~weapon load display, 1962 (NNAM.2011.003.240.028).jpg\|right\|thumb\|[[Grumman A-6 Intruder]] (A2F-1) [[attack aircraft]] displaying its weapons array, 1962]] [[File:Drawing of FA-18E Super Hornet with armaments 1997.png\|right\|thumb\|US Navy [[Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet]] [[multirole combat aircraft]] illustrating its array of weapons-type capabilities; ''All Hands'' magazine of the US Navy 1997]] [[File:B-52H static display arms 06.jpg\|right\|thumb\|[[Boeing B-52 Stratofortress\|B-52H Stratofortress]] subsonic [[strategic bomber]] displaying its weapons array, 2006]] '''Aircraft ordnance''' or '''ordnance''' (in the context of [[military aviation]]) is ~~weapons~~any expendable weaponry (e.g. [[~~Aerial~~aerial bomb\|bombs]], [[~~Air-to-surface~~guided missile\|missiles]], [[~~Rocket~~rocket (weapon)\|rockets]] and [[gun]] [[ammunition]]) used by [[military aircraft]]. The term is often used when describing the ~~weight~~[[payload]] of [[air-to-ground weaponry]] that can be carried by anthe aircraft or the weight that has been dropped in combat. Aircraft ordnance also includes [[~~Air~~air-to-air missile\|air-to-air]], [[~~Anti~~anti-surface warfare\|anti-ship]] and [[~~Anti~~anti-submarine warfare\|anti-submarine]] weapons. Some aircraft types can carry a wide variety of ordnance – for example, the [[Fairchild AU-23 Peacemaker]] could use forward-firing [[gun pod]]s, 500 and 250 pound bombs, [[napalm]] units, [[Cluster munition\|cluster bomb]] units, flares, rockets, smoke grenades and [[Airborne leaflet propaganda\|propaganda leaflet dispensers]].<ref name="nationalmuseum.af.mil">{{cite web\|url=http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=3228 \|title=Factsheets : Fairchild AU-23A \|publisher=Nationalmuseum.af.mil \|accessdate=2013-11-16 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105033728/http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=3228 \|archivedate=2014-01-05 }}</ref> Line 9 ⟶ 10: For many weapons there is a limit to the length of time they can be flown (e.g. because of vibration damage); after this their safety or effectiveness is not guaranteed. This can be a problem if weapons designed for high intensity conflict are carried on multiple missions in a long [[counter-insurgency]] campaign.<ref>De-classified summary of conference at UK [[JSCSC\|Joint Services Command and Staff College]] reported in ''Aerospace International'' (magazine) March 2011 page 24</ref> ==See also==▼ * [[List of aircraft weapons]]▼ ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} ▲==See also== ▲* [[List of aircraft weapons]] [[Category:Aircraft weapons]]