"U.S. Marine Corps Harrier Jump Jets Are Getting..." Topic
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| Tango01 | 09 Nov 2014 10:09 p.m. PST |
…Better and Better. "The U.S. Marine Corps has decided to bring forward the retirement date of its 108 AV-8B Harrier jump jets from 2030 to 2025. But in their remaining decade of front-line service, the diminutive attack jets could get a host of upgrades—including new weapons, jammers and communications. An unsafe and unreliable design for much of its long history, the subsonic Harrier has gotten better with age—and could bow out of service at the peak of its lethality…"
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| Zargon | 09 Nov 2014 11:15 p.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 10 Nov 2014 11:07 a.m. PST |
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 20thmaine  | 10 Nov 2014 1:57 p.m. PST |
could bow out of service at the peak of its lethality Well…that doesn't make much sense – "It's really great now – let's scrap it !" |
| Lion in the Stars | 10 Nov 2014 2:39 p.m. PST |
The airframes are getting OLD. The USMC had to buy all the Sea Harriers to cannibalize them for parts. Not to mention that it's pretty typical for any military weapon to be significantly improved over the years. It's just that the replacement is a LOT better. |
| Deadone | 10 Nov 2014 3:28 p.m. PST |
The USMC had to buy all the Sea Harriers to cannibalize them for parts. The USMC brought Harrier IIs from RAF, not Sea Harriers. Sea Harriers are very different from a normal Harrier II. |
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