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Thanks.

The main reason I wanted the last photos to load was to get a look at the Hokum, whihc was the last helo featured. If you look at the picture from the underside (Also visible in the from 3 oclock image) you can see round fairings on the fuselage level with the rear of the stub wings. These were turret positions for an active laser defence system being developed to defend missiles being IR or optically guided at the helo. The turrets were fitted during an exercise a year or so ago but have obviously been removed since and would be considered to be secret “operational equipment”.