Question

Following diagram represents __________

(a) internal weapon carriage

(b) non submerged weapon carriage

(c) external weapon carriage

(d) conformal

The question was posed to me in an interview for internship.

My question is from Payload in division Crew Station, Passengers, and Payload of Aircraft Design

Answer 1

The correct answer is (a) internal weapon carriage

The best explanation: An internal weapon carriage system is presented in the above diagram. As shown in the figure, weapons are located inside the aircraft itself. This helps to reduce the drag tremendously. Drag produced by internal weapon carriage is lowest among all 4 types of weapon carriage.