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Originally Posted by krashkart
Looks like we have another Tailhook scandal on our hands. 
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Originally Posted by Aesthetica
At $130+ million a pop, we'd have been better off trying to build our own "5th gen" update of the Harrier.
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You can only update an airframe so far. At the end of the day the Harrier will still be a subsonic 1970s aircraft. The UK might be stuck buying the competition:
That or try to slap a tail hook on the Eurofighter.