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Tornado
built 639 days ago
Designed and built as a collaborative project in the UK, Germany and Italy, the Tornado is in service with all three air forces and the German Navy. Tornado is ... in service in Saudi Arabia and Oman. It is a twin-seat, twin-engined, variable geometry aircraft and is supersonic at all altitudes. The design authority for the Tornado is Panavia, the tri-national consortium which comprises British Aerospace, DASA of Germany and the Italian firm Alenia.
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Tornado spotting and recording has been on the increase and the new, easy-to-navigate feature allows users to access information about tornadoes and storms across the United States. By using three different search methods, including recent tornado activity, historical tornado activity and tornado activity by region, users can view an interactive map for their area, click on a tornado icon and receive detailed information about the storm, photos and an archived radar loop of the storm's path.
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On both May 4th and May 5th, Tornado Glory chasers Reed Timmer and Joel Taylor tracked down multiple twisters across the plains. Along with Tornado Glory director Ken Cole, they shot perhaps the best close-up tornado footage in history. Check out the May 4th video:
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The Tornado was originally designed to fulfill six different roles. After the Tornado went into service another role was defined; defense suppression, Italy and Germany procured the purpose built Electronic Combat Reconnaissance (ECR) version. This type is armed with the High Speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM). The six original roles were: 1. Interdiction Strike. 2.
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A satellite tornado is a term for a weaker tornado which forms very near a large, strong tornado contained within the same mesocyclone. The satellite tornado may appear to "orbit" the larger tornado (hence the name), giving the appearance of one, large multi-vortex tornado. However, a satellite tornado is a distinct funnel, and is much smaller than the main funnel.[3]
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