Jonesy: Report to the CIC please

Jonesy I need some of your expert swabology to take a look at a photo for me and let me know what you think.

Air Forces Monthly Jan 2002, p23 photo of a Pak P-3.

I have been around USN P-3 ops and seen them up close. Explain this photo. Anytime I have seen a P-3 with 4 Harpoons it is 2 on each wing tip. This photo shows 1 on each wing tip and 2 ON THE CENTERLINE!!!!!!!!!! Insanely close behind the weapons bay!!!!!!!
Is this a home grown solution or what I think: a bad attempt at using Photoshop ( I have been using Photoshop for about oh… 10 years ) Notice one of the centerline Harpoons has a pointy nose and one doesn’t.

If you have any contact with the P-3 community ( I don’t ) I would appreciate your expert opinion on this.

If it is a real photo it is a stupid setup. Any debris coming out of the weapons bay on a torpeado launch has a good chance of smacking into one of those missles.

Thanks,

elp
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