Re: Hindsight is the view after you have used your arse to look at something, not eyes and brain
Yes indeed. Forget Mach 2+, super-agile aerodynamics and total systems integration, settle for a lightweight Mach 1.4-5, physically flyable airframe, full-speed VIFF and proven systems - at least for the Mk.I. That would have gone soo far beyond any Sea Harrier or AV8/B and met 95% of the realistic RN scenarios the F-35 is aimed at, ten years earlier and at a tenth of the cost.
Sadly, as Meatloaf almost sang, "Objects in the rear view mirror can look closer than they arse."
Biting the hand that feeds IT
