The Variable Altitude Ordnance Platform, or VAOP, also known as simply the gunship bomber, was a gunship employed by the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars. It was also nicknamed the vop by the clones of the army. It was similar to the Low Altitude Assault Transport, another product by Rothana Heavy Engineering, and had several sub-classes. These were the VAOP/proton torpedo, the VAOP/concussion missile, and the VAOP/electromagnetic pulse rocket. After the war, VAOPs entered Imperial service, but were mostly replaced by TIE bombers and Skipray Blastboats.