The F-35 may be unsalvageable

Re:The F-35 may be unsalvageable by albanread on Friday March 26, 2021 @11:22AM (#26593181)

Any chance the UK can get a refund then?

"Before the end of this decade, the F-35 Lightning will provide the ultimate punch of the Royal Navy’s Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers. The F-35 is an Anglo-American joint effort, designed by the best and brightest in the two nations’ aircraft industries."

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Re:The F-35 may be unsalvageable by arethuza on Friday March 26, 2021 @01:13PM (#26594521)

For anyone wondering the UK's new carriers explicitly rejected the traditional CATOBAR approach to take-offs and landings in favour of a design that pretty much requires the F35B STOVL variant.

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Re:The F-35 may be unsalvageable by Pxtl on Friday March 26, 2021 @03:25PM (#26595914)

Such carriers could still be used for the UK's Harrier jump-jets, couldn't it?

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Re:The F-35 may be unsalvageable by Someone1234 on Friday March 26, 2021 @10:47PM (#26599453)

The UK doesn't own any Harrier jump-jets. They sold them all to the US Marines.

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