▁Brazil ▁and ▁Italy ▁manufact ured ▁the ▁Spe y ▁for ▁the ▁AM X . ▁Un us ual ▁for ▁a ▁strike ▁aircraft ▁of ▁the ▁era , ▁no ▁attempt ▁was ▁made ▁to ▁develop ▁the ▁aircraft ▁to ▁fly ▁at ▁su person ic ▁spe eds . ▁ ▁Brazil ian ▁and ▁Italian ▁aircraft ▁differ ▁consider ably ▁in ▁their ▁av ion ics , ▁Italian ▁aircraft ▁being ▁equ ipped ▁with ▁various ▁NAT O ▁systems ▁which ▁were ▁considered ▁redundant ▁in ▁the ▁South ▁American ▁theatre . ▁AM X s ▁in ▁Brazil ian ▁service ▁are ▁often ▁fitted ▁with ▁one ▁of ▁three ▁pal let - mount ed ▁sensor ▁packages , ▁which ▁contain ▁various ▁vertical , ▁ob lique , ▁and ▁forward - f acing ▁cam eras , ▁for ▁performing ▁the ▁aircraft ' s ▁secondary ▁aer ial ▁reconna issance ▁role . ▁A ▁simple ▁r anging ▁rad ar ▁is ▁equ ipped ▁for ▁target ing ▁purposes , ▁however ▁the ▁specific ▁rad ar ▁also ▁diff ers ▁between ▁both ▁operators . ▁The ▁flight ▁system ▁emp lo ys ▁a ▁G E ▁Av ion ics ▁flight ▁control ▁computer . ▁Ext ensive ▁electronic ▁counter measure ▁( EC M ) ▁are ▁fitted ▁to ▁protect ▁the ▁aircraft , ▁include ▁pass ive ▁receiver ▁anten na ▁on ▁the ▁tail fin ▁and ▁an ▁active ▁jam mer ▁pod ▁that ▁is ▁typically ▁mounted ▁on ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁aircraft ' s ▁hard points . ▁ ▁Vari ous ▁m un itions ▁could ▁be ▁mounted ▁on ▁the ▁one ▁center line ▁and ▁four ▁under - wing ▁hard points , ▁including ▁bomb s , ▁miss iles ▁and ▁rock ets ; ▁pay loads ▁of ▁up ▁to ▁