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Old 1st Dec 2023, 18:06
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It's obsolete and in a scrapyard where it belongs.

Your opinion VM - others still use the Harrier/AV-B or variants of it. Our GR-9 would still be a valid force component for any current conflict, with the weapons it could now carry, and it would add capability to QEII and PWLS without much added support infrastructure - plus interoperability with USMC and other vessels. Not as capable as the F-35B, maybe, but I have no valid knowledge of the difference the two offer with modern weapons capability of either or both. The old Harrier did well in Belize with its very limited weapons, so I think a GR-9 with a much more capable weapons load could have done quite well in an environment such as Guyana if we had not sent them to the scrap yard. Just my opinion.
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