"Those weapon pylons are as bad as radar reflectors," Stoica said.

They said they were checking the stealth characteristics while carrying weapon pylons.

A heavy weapons load will mean using external weapon pylons-" "Why?

During one such flights, a weapon pylon, to which a bomb and rocket were attached, fell into a village in Ryazan; nobody was hurt.

A suite of special crew stations also featured, as did a choice of up to six weapon pylons under the wings and fuselage.

All of the weapon pylons featured British designed ejector rack units.

The S-24B is carried individually on weapon pylons, rather than in pods.

The EB-52 carried four on each wing, mounted on launch rails attached to the sides of the weapon pylons.

One important change was the addition of two underwing weapon pylons close to the fuselage.

But he had removed the weapon pylon mounts long before.