The Nimrod is perhaps the most capable maritime reconnaissance platform in the world, and it served with great distinction in the Falkland Islands War with Argentina. The airframe is based on that of the de Havilland Comet airliner but with new engines and an enlarged lower fuselage containing a weapons bay. The most recent model is the MRA.4 equipped with much more capable radar, faster computers, and other avionics.
CREW: 2 pilots, 9 others
DIMENSIONS:
Length 126.75 ft (38.63 m)
Wingspan 114.83 ft (35.00 m)
Height 29.71 ft (9.08 m)
Wing Area 2,116 ft2 (197.0 m2)
WEIGHTS:
Empty 86,000 lb (39,010 kg)
Typical Load unknown
Max Takeoff 191,800 lb (87,000 kg)
Fuel Capacity internal: unknown
PERFORMANCE:
Max Level Speed at altitude: 575 mph (925 km/h)
at sea level: unknown
patrol speed: 230 mph (370 km/h)
Initial Climb Rate unknown
Service Ceiling 42,000 ft (12,800 m)
Range typical: 4,855 nm (9,000 km)
ARMAMENT:
Gun none
Stations 1 internal weapons bay and 2 external hardpoints
Air-to-Air Missile AIM-9 Sidewinder
Air-to-Surface Missile AGM-84 Harpoon
Bomb various free-fall
Other depth charges, mines, up to 9 Stingray torpedoes, ECM pods, recon cameras
