Hawker-Siddeley Nimrod

The BAE Systems (formerly Hawker-Siddeley) Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft is derived from the De Havilland Comet, the world's first jet airliner. Until the P-8 arrives in United States Navy service, it is unique in being the only dedicated land-based, jet-powered maritime patrol aircraft in service today. (Other jet-powered maritime patrol aircraft such as the S-3 Viking are primarily deployed from aircraft carriers, or simply civil types with added electronics.)

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BAE Systems - Hawker-Siddeley - Maritime - Aircraft - De Havilland Comet - Jet - Airliner - P-8 - United States Navy - S-3 Viking - Aircraft carrier

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The Nimrod serves the RAF in two variants: the R1 variant in a reconnaissance and electronic intelligence gathering capacity (ELINT), officially, these were once coyly described as "radar calibration aircraft", and the MR2 variant in the Maritime Reconnaissance role. The R1 is distinguished from the MR2 by the lack of a MAD boom.

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ELINT - MAD

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