Originally Posted by pr00ne
Nurse,
Because it would cost many hundreds of millions of pounds to do, would take years to design and implement, and there is no need for such a platform, simple really!
The USMC do not operate their radar equipped AV8B+ with AMRAAM as they too do not see a current need.
Oh, and by the way, there is no such thing as the Fleet Air Arm!
And the USMC see no need because they usually have a CVN near by with Hornets with AMRAAM. I seem to remember from an AFM article the Italian and Spanish Navies operate AV8B+ with Amraam because they have no conventional carriers. And If it had been planned from the outset when GR9 was being planned then the years of development would be over. Oh yes I forgot GR9 was developed for the RAF not a JOINT Harrier Force.