Absolutely right. The SHAR would have been great to use in HERRICK, just as soon as we fitted it with a new wing with multiple hardpoints, a bigger engine so it could actually carry an AG payload in block 2, a targeting pod, a decent countermeasures suite, a new cockpit and avionics, and a brand new SMS. (Maybe we could called it the Harrier II+?)
Oh, and then we could have trained a new bunch of grubbers and bombheads to maintain it, paid BAe seven billion pounds for the work (which would be ready in late 2015,16,17...) and finally we could also magic up some pilots to fly it.
Great idea!
