For those familiar with fighter armament, it is obvious that at back of the groove on the left is a pod of some sort, and at the root of the groove is a dark tube. Looks a lot like an auto cannon pack and gun muzzle.
In fact, in the view from LHS you can still see the gun pack and the root of the groove. Many planes are asymmetric in small features like this. Note also that the RHS engine intake has a weapons rack underneath, while the LHS does not.
What interests me in the alleged CGI image is what type of missile is it. I'm not familiar with those boxy side pods on the missile itself. All four missiles on the "CGI" image have these pods, although the openings appear closed on the 3 on the launch rails. OTOH, the real image of takeoff from the road shows no sidepods on otherwise similar missiles. Is this an air-breathing long-range missile like a Tomahawk? Or are these pods for discharge of e.g. chaff for passive anti-radar purposes?
Space/Science » in reply to re: Let's compare two more images
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