Originally Posted by
PhilipG
The same question can be asked about SRVLs that go wrong, for whatever reason. Remembering that one reason for SRVLs is to increase the bring back weight, so an F35B with, one day, a Storm Shadow is coming back for whatever reason, and has a problem, an arrestor / crash net or two would seem to be a good idea.
I don't think you realise how fast a conventional landing might be.....
You would drop the storm shadow rather than take a net
