approaching an air to air capability would have made them much more useful as a joint asset. JFH was doomed before it started. Everyone knows it.
My thoughts are that no matter what it carried it was doomed the instant it became an aircraft operating mainly from conventional airfields. This is NOT a criticism of the RAF, once they took ownership then unquestionably it became, 'The Weakest Link' and to quote another TV program, 'You're fired' If something had to go then as far as the RAF were concerned it was a no brainer.
The death of this aircraft was made by those who made the decision to create JFH. I understand the reasons but may not agree with them, could it be that this aircraft simply did not have the legs to be the complete package the Fleet Air Arm should have had? (It was the ONLY aircraft capable of operating from our toy carriers).