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Old 28th Mar 2011, 01:43
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Modern Elmo
 
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Why is the RAF buying the F-35?

Why is the RAF buying the F-35? And why is the RAF buying the VSTOL version of the F-35 instead of the conventional take off and landing version?

Export F-35 sales are good for the US economy, which is good. However, if I were British, I'd be asking why the Typhoon cannot be evolved into a multirole aircraft that can do air to ground as well as air to air, thereby making F-35 acquisition unnecessary.

And why buy the "jump jet" version? Does the RAF have the rather silly attitude of some PeePruners that take offs and landings `a la mode Harrier are some sort of deep profound, and indepensable British trait, akin to .... I dunno, bad teeth, fretting about class differences, and spanking fetishes.

I don't get it. The RAF would be better off with CTOL F-35's or maybe no F-35's whatsoever and improved, further developed Typhoons.

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