HAB-4 "DREADER" AIRCRAFT
Basic Information
- Full Title: High-Altitude Bomber
- Generation: 4
- Candidate #: 243/5
- Role: Bomber
- National Origin: FoGM
- Manufacturer: Undetermined
- Introduction: 2001
- Produced: 1996 - 2004
- End of Service: Undetermined
Statistics
- Maximum Altitude: 60k feet
Mounts [weight capacity: 100,000 lb]
- 2x Weapons Bay [4000 lb]
- 1x Bomb Bay
Utilities
- Targeting Unit (Infared, Laser, Optical)
- Passive Radar
- Radar Jammer
- ECM Suite
Loadouts
- Configuration "Reflex"
- Description: General-purpose configuration viable in most situations.
- Missile Bays
- 8x Longrange Missile [semi-active homing, 1000 lb]
- Bomb Bay
- Variable
"A shadow looms; fear for the future."
Background
The HAB-4 "Dreader" is a supersonic heavy stealth bomber. Compared to its predecessor, the Thronemaker, it is somewhat smaller and has a more limited payload, but has the critical advantage of stealth. It was very late to the game as a stealth bomber, but is the superior strategic bomber of its generation due to its comparatively much larger payload capacity. It is a silver lining to what tacticians consider a major blunder of Grall.
The lesson: stealth is a game changer; it should have been pursued more aggressively.