The Jupiter heavy jet bomber is a multirole heavy ground attack bomber/high altitude reconnaisance ship. It is an experimental aircraft, and it's developement has been undertaken entirely independently by Kilka Industries SA de CV. Kilka named it Jupiter because one of its weapons is the Thunderbolt Electric Cannon, which as it's name suggests is able to shoot thunderbolts at massed ground troops. It is completely stealth when manned. This is not the case when Sophia is remotely controlling them, as she needs to maintain scrambled radio contact with them. There are only 3 prototypes in existence. They can target fighter aircraft and launch missiles, however they are not air superiority fighters and cannot dogfight as their turning rate is too slow, even though they have some thrust vectoring technology incorporated.
The Jupiter's maximun operating ceiling is 125,000 feet. It's cruising speed depends on it's variable wing position; but it's Maximum recorded speed at low altitude so far has been Mach 3.5. Once this was achieved, Kilka pulled back on the throttle, fearing the aircraft might break up in midair under excessive stress. Kilka is currently evaluating different engine and weapon options for the Jupiter.
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