F-35 Cancelled, then what ?

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Originally Posted by airsound

And on the same day that the article above appears, the MoD announces - referring to the first F-35B flight with MBDA ASRAAMs
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/b...s-to-the-skies

But it seems from the pictures that ASRAAMS can only be carried externally. Does that make MoD's reference to a bit optimistic?

airsound

The option for internal ASRAAM carriage was dropped when the switch was made from F-35C to F-35B. The internal option was shown on some mock-ups for the F-35C.

https://u0v052dm9wl3gxo0y3lx0u44wz-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/F-35-Weapons-Integration-ASRAAM.jpg

From

https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/uk-co...issile-asraam/