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Wednesday, June 02, 2010

Why the UK needs the Joint Strike Fighter

F-35 Lightning IIThe F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) is a fifth generation, supersonic warplane combining advanced stealth with fighter speed and agility, plus fully-fused sensor and network-enabled capabilities.

It is being manufactured in three versions with major degrees of commonality (100 per cent when it comes to the avionics).

There is the Conventional Take-off and Landing (CTOL) F-35A, the Short Take-Off and Landing (STOVL) F-35B and the F-35C aircraft carrier variant (CV).

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