Whats the scoop on the K-wing?
Here’s some background on the K-wing assault bomber: • The K-wing was designed for the close/precision-bombardment role in planetary assaults (the standoff/area-bombardment role is adequately filled by a number of other platforms). • As such, it has been designed for a primary combat environment deep in gravity wells and usually deep in atmosphere. That means big engines and lift-producing wings as well as repulsors. • The primary assault modes of the K-wing are dive-bombing, skip-bombing (with delayed fusing), and lob bombing against fixed targets. With a special ordnance package, it could also be sent against ground-based mobile armor such as the Imperial AT-AT, but this has not yet been tested in combat. • As befits a close-in assault platform, the K-wing is heavily armored and shielded. The airframe is specifically engineered to withstand extremely high wing loadings and provide maximum protection to the crew and avionics systems. • Viewed head-on, the K-wing resembles a capital K
