The Northrop F-89 Scorpion is considered the most heavily armed fighter ever built. In the 1950s, the F-89D series was introduced with extensive modifications that included a combined fuel/missile canister on the wing tip that could hold 1165 litres of fuel and 52 FFAR missiles.
The F-89 Scorpion was the first two-seat all weather interceptor in the USAF and the most heavily armed fighter aircraft of all time. In 1950 some of the F89D series underwent extensive modification. A combined fuel-pod/missile launcher mounted on the wing-tips could hold 1165 litre's of fuel and carry 52 FFAR Rockets. The next large series was the F-89J. It could carry 4 Falcon Guided Missiles with Infra-Red Homing Heads as well as 2 Genie Guided Missiles each with a 1.5 kiloton nuclear warhead for use against enemy bomber formations.