F-35 Delays Mean US Marines Are Pulling Old F-18s Out of Desert Storage

Re:F-35 Delays Mean US Marines Are Pulling Old F-18s Out of ... by jacquesm on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @03:33AM (#11944067)

Missiles and drones are a lot cheaper than piloted planes, and easier to replace.

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Re:F-35 Delays Mean US Marines Are Pulling Old F-18s Out of ... by UnoriginalGuy on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @04:38AM (#11944367)

And can be launched from much smaller sites which are harder to detect before conflict and destroy in the first minutes.

Airfields are the F-35A's biggest weakness.

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