Harrier III anybody?
... it would be a lot cheaper, simpler, quicker to produce and give you a stovl capability while concentrating development effort on the ctol f35 variants. That's if you really need this niche capability. A cynic might argue that the usmc are only currently using their Harriers off austere strips to demonstrate that the capability is still required.....
Last edited by Father Jack Hackett; 13th Mar 2010 at 10:04.