Whats on the inner hardpoint of this F-16

Was thumbing through Apple News this morning and came across this Military Times Article that showed an Airmen with his laptop and always cool pelican case working (Based on the article he is busy hacking Putins grocery list) underneath an AMRAAM and was puzzled by what was hanging on the inner rail. There is some sort of pitot tube in the front but I'm unsure what exactly that thing is. No forward control surfaces either (at least no fins). Any thoughts?

sgot a blue stripe....did you see how well it zooms.......electronic seeker idk....those x....y ....axis bars.....but not the one pointing up

a reply to: FredT

Edit:

It's a p5 combat training system.

p5 combat training system

The P5CTS is designed to provide real-time and post-mission training for air-to-air, air-to-ground and surface-to-air combat missions by displaying the live-air picture, recording mission data, and relaying time, space and positioning information between participating aircraft during training sorties. Key components of the system include GPS-enabled, aircraft-mounted airborne instrumentation “pods” plus ground stations which will help aircrew conduct, monitor and control air combat training and post-flight debriefing. P5CTS provides the flexibility to conduct training exercises anytime, anywhere.

a reply to: FredT

The number marking on it "P51437A" actually helps a lot because all P5's seem to have similar numbering starting with "P5".

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originally posted by: muzzleflash
Zaphod and the gang will be so Proud of what I did here in this thread today! I couldn't be more honored to tell you the truth!

None of them believed in me, but I showed them!

Threw up a bit in my mouth..

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a reply to: muzzleflash

ah beat me to it.

and as was mentioned it has a blue strip, that means training round, yellow is HE, green is chem/bio etc



so many anteni it could only be so many things.



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nukes with F-16

originally posted by: Sammamishman
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I like when things smile at me before I eat them.

a reply to: FredT

They're looking at integrating those into an automatic airborne collision avoidance system. They'll add them into a pod they can carry. That will transmit data that the pod will receive and update the other aircraft in real time.

Thanks all!!!!

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