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Old 4th Jul 2012, 06:21
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peter we
 
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Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert makes the very valid point that having a very expensive aircraft to deliver a cheap bomb does not make economic sense. If the risk is that high, send a Tomahawk. If the risk is low, why limit your self to small internal loads only?

The size of the F-35 internal bay is academic - war technology has moved on to make stealth of marginal value.

Where it should still be useful is in A2A and anti-shipping, which suggests that UK's choice of the F-35B was the better one.
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