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Armament: Three larger GAU-8 Avenger 30mm guns from A-10's Two larger M777 light weight 155mm Howitzers Racks of side firing DAGR mini laser guided missiles for medium range engagements Racks of side firing GBU-44/B Viper Strike GPS/laser guided glide missiles for longer range engagements Standard loading of AGM-88 HARM missiles for suppression of radar guided air defense batteries Standard loading of AIM-120 AMRAAM Slammer missiles for defence against airborne threats. Additionally a seekers could be slaved to the on board electronic warfare suite for airborne threat search. Electronics: A standard USAF AN/ALQ-131 Self Protection Jamming array pod The very powerful AN/ALQ-99E Jamming Pod connected to the electronic warfare suite The Bright Star FLIR target designator The newest Star SAFIRE "HD" FLIR for long range surveillance, target search, and battle damage recording for cool liveleak/youtube videos. Arguements: This is a base model comparison for scale purposes only. Thus regular C-130 and C-17 models are used. Stall speed C-130 - 100-115 Knots C-17 - The C-17 is meant for paratrooper deployment, as was the C-5 galaxy. The stall speed numbers for this aircraft are not only abnormally low for an aircraft of its size, but also so low that they are not published to the public. Of note, the stall speed for the much larger C-5 Glaxy are known to be 115 Knots. The reasons for the C-17's low speed ability are listed below in the conclusion section. Max speed C-130 - 348 Knots C-17 - 450 Knots Range C-130 - with 18,144 kg payload and MIL-C-5011A reserves, 2835 Nautical Miles C-17 - with 76,657 kg payload 2420 Nautical Miles Minimum takeoff distance C-130 - 1800 Feet C-17 - less than 1400 Feet with 44,000 pounds payload (Boeing) Minimum landing distance C-130 - 1400 Feet C-17 - less than 1400 Feet with 44,000 pounds payload (Boeing) (note: actual AC-130 specifications in all columns are lower than the C-130, AC-17 specifications would also be lower than the C-17)