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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

MoD admits 'we don't know' over F-35B fighter problems

F-35B Lightning II |The Ministry of Defence is "not sure" whether the Royal Navy's future F-35 fighter jets are suffering from a design issue that could see aircraft shot down, DefenceManagement.com can reveal.

Last week a leaked Pentagon report highlighted an aft visibility problem that could get the US Air Force F-35A variant of the Joint Strike Fighter "gunned [down] every time" in dogfights.

The UK MoD has now admitted it is unknown whether the same problem applies to the F-35B variant currently being procured for the Royal Navy.

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