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This Dassault Breguet Super Etandard Modernise (SEM), of Flotille 11F of the French Navy was one of 14 aircraft of that unit embarked aboard the aircraft carrier Foch (R98) of the French Navy, in the Adriatic Sea. It is shown in a ‘bomber’ configuration: armed with two GBU-12 Paveway II LGBs (or bombes guidees par laser in French), and a Barrax ECM pod under the outboard underwing pylon. In this configuration, it required another SEM, equipped with a targeting pod, to deploy its laser guided bombs effectively. (Artwork by Tom Cooper)