Navaleye wrote
or an opportunity for BWoS to dust off the P1154?
I'm not sure why it would be necessary - the point about warmed up AV-8B++ is that it is a firmly subsonic attack platform, albeit with a radar and limited AMRAAM capability. In other words, exactly what is required within the MAGTAF / MEU mission set and ConOps of supporting an opposed landing when the air threat is not great enough to warrant the dispatch of CVN. Let's not get started again on the logic of the ConOps.
I know JF has reservations about the "Fire Breathing Monster"
Ah the BS100! I know practically nothing about this beastie. Was it simply an enlarged Pegasus with hot front nozzles - ie, still based on an Orpheus core? Or was it a fresh design optimised for supersonic VSTOL operations?
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