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Meet the 'Tornado' That Will Blow Daesh Clean Off the Map

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On December 2, the UK Parliament voted in favor of joining the anti-Daesh bombing campaign in Syria, and the next day the Royal Air Force attacked terrorists in the war-torn country for the first time. On December 4 Berlin ruled to follow London's move and provide surveillance. Let's have a look at the Tornado multirole fighter — the spearhead of Britain's and Germany's military aviation.

© REUTERS / Russell CheyneA Royal Air Force's Tornado takes off from RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland, December 2, 2015.
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A Royal Air Force's Tornado takes off from RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland, December 2, 2015.
© AFP 2023 / POOL / PHILIP COBURN Pilots and ground crew prepare a Tornado GR4 aircraft at the British Royal Air Force airbase RAF Marham in Norfolk in east England. December 2, 2015.
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Pilots and ground crew prepare a Tornado GR4 aircraft at the British Royal Air Force airbase RAF Marham in Norfolk in east England. December 2, 2015.
© REUTERS / Darren StaplesTwo British Tornados taxi on the runway, after returning from a mission, at RAF Akrotiri in southern Cyprus. December 3, 2015.
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Two British Tornados taxi on the runway, after returning from a mission, at RAF Akrotiri in southern Cyprus. December 3, 2015.
© AFP 2023 / POOL / PHILIP COBURN A Brimstone missile, a rocket-propelled, radar-guided air-launched ground attack weapon designed to be carried by the Tornado GR4 and Typhoon F2, as preparations are made at the British Royal Air Force airbase RAF Marham in Norfolk in east England on December 2, 2015 to launch Tornado GR4 aircraft to operate on missions from RAF Akrotiri.
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A Brimstone missile, a rocket-propelled, radar-guided air-launched ground attack weapon designed to be carried by the Tornado GR4 and Typhoon F2, as preparations are made at the British Royal Air Force airbase RAF Marham in Norfolk in east England on December 2, 2015 to launch Tornado GR4 aircraft to operate on missions from RAF Akrotiri.
© AFP 2023 / POOL / PHILIP COBURN Pilots and ground crew prepare a Tornado GR4 aircraft at the British Royal Air Force airbase RAF Marham in Norfolk in east England. December 2, 2015.
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Pilots and ground crew prepare a Tornado GR4 aircraft at the British Royal Air Force airbase RAF Marham in Norfolk in east England. December 2, 2015.
© AFP 2023 / DPA / CARSTEN REHDERA Tornado reconnaissance jet of the German army Tactical Air Force Squadron 51 "Immelmann" lands on December 2, 2015 in at the airbase in Jagel, northern Germany.
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A Tornado reconnaissance jet of the German army Tactical Air Force Squadron 51 "Immelmann" lands on December 2, 2015 in at the airbase in Jagel, northern Germany.
© AFP 2023 / IAKOVOS HATZISTAVROU A British Royal Air Force Tornado GR4 aircraft is seen on the tarmac at the British airbase at Akrotiri, near Cyprus' second city of Limassol. December 3, 2015.
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A British Royal Air Force Tornado GR4 aircraft is seen on the tarmac at the British airbase at Akrotiri, near Cyprus' second city of Limassol. December 3, 2015.
© REUTERS / Fabian BimmerJournalists stand in front of a Tornado aircraft of the Tactical Air Force Wing 51 'Immelmann' during a presentation at a German army Bundeswehr airbase in Jagel near the German-Danish border. December 4, 2015.
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Journalists stand in front of a Tornado aircraft of the Tactical Air Force Wing 51 'Immelmann' during a presentation at a German army Bundeswehr airbase in Jagel near the German-Danish border. December 4, 2015.
© AP Photo / Pavlos VrionidesA British Tornado warplane flies over the RAF Akrotiri, a British air base near costal city of Limassol, Cyprus, December 3, 2015, after arriving from an airstrike against Daesh targets in Syria.
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A British Tornado warplane flies over the RAF Akrotiri, a British air base near costal city of Limassol, Cyprus, December 3, 2015, after arriving from an airstrike against Daesh targets in Syria.
© AP Photo / Pavlos VrionidesA ground crewman directs a Royal Air Force Tornado along the tarmac of a British air base in Akrotiri, Cyprus, after returning from an airstrike against Islamic State group targets in Syria. December 3, 2015.
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A ground crewman directs a Royal Air Force Tornado along the tarmac of a British air base in Akrotiri, Cyprus, after returning from an airstrike against Islamic State group targets in Syria. December 3, 2015.
© AFP 2023 / POOL / PHILIP COBURN Pilots walk in front of a Tornado GR4 aircraft at the British Royal Air Force airbase RAF Marham in Norfolk in east England. December 2, 2015.
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Pilots walk in front of a Tornado GR4 aircraft at the British Royal Air Force airbase RAF Marham in Norfolk in east England. December 2, 2015.
© AP Photo / Carsten RehderA Tornado aircraft of the German Air Force photographed in Jagel, Germany. December 4, 2015.
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A Tornado aircraft of the German Air Force photographed in Jagel, Germany. December 4, 2015.
© AFP 2023 / DPA / CARSTEN REHDERA reconnaissance jet Tornado of the German Air Force Luftwaffe is presented at the military airfeld in Jagel, northern Germany. December 4, 2015.
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A reconnaissance jet Tornado of the German Air Force Luftwaffe is presented at the military airfeld in Jagel, northern Germany. December 4, 2015.
© REUTERS / Yiannis KourtoglouA British Tornado jet flies above RAF Akrotiri, a peninsula on the southern coast of Cyprus where Britain retains a military air base, Cyprus. December 2, 2015.
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A British Tornado jet flies above RAF Akrotiri, a peninsula on the southern coast of Cyprus where Britain retains a military air base, Cyprus. December 2, 2015.
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