"IMHO, Harrier = design elegance and simpilicity, with no in-flight equipment redundancy. "If it looks right, it is right."
Erm, do you think that the Harrier would have that ridiculously huge engine/puffer jets/wingtip wheels/ and still be subsonic and low endurance/range/weapon load etc if it were not for the fact that it is also a massive compromise?
And suggesting that the harrier looks right entitles you to a white stick.
Awesome in many ways, the harrier is still probably the most compromised aircraft we have ever had.
The fact that it worked at all just shows how brilliantly the designers did their job.