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The Lightning is also equipped with a missile-lock warning system, chaff and flare launchers, a multi-frequency [[vox]], a [[cogitator|navigational cogitator]] for route plotting and a heads-up display linked to the weapons systems allowing for target lock-on.{{Fn|12}}
Lightnings can operate as recon planes by mounting photo-equipment.{{Fn|11a}} Lightnings can also operate as void fighters, carried onboard spaceships on launch decks and launched by mag-catapults.{{Fn|13a}} These versions are armed with a cannon{{Fn|13b}} and underwing [[missile]]s{{Fn|13a}} linked to a heads-up display{{Fn|13b}} and are equipped with grav-seats and pattern-recognition systems that can detect hostile spaceships,{{Fn|13a}} even identifying [[xenos]] vessels like the [[Raven Fighter|Raven]].{{Fn|13b}}
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**{{Endn|11c}}: Day 261— ''Lake Gocel FSB, 05.32''
*{{Endn|12}}: [[Lightning Run (Short Story)]] — [[Warriors and Warlords (Anthology)]]
*13: [[Sabbat Martyr (Novel)]] — [[The Saint (Omnibus)]]:
**{{Endn|13a}}: Chapter Six
**{{Endn|13b}}: Chapter Seven
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