Does F-35B have the ability to vector thrust using just the jet nozzle?
Wouldn't that cause it to massively vectored-thrust its nose down into the sea?
Although I must admit the same query about being able to vector a bit during takeoff had occurred to me.
Oh, and thanks for the notes about ramp takeoffs - I hadn't realised the damn thing doesn't actually achieve what would conventionally be considered flying speed (given whatever amount of nozzle deflection) before it runs out of deck.
Fixed-wing carrier flying always appears to me to be about the most violent and risk-strewn thing anyone would ever do to themselves on purpose, though.