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This is a link post merkin F35B Transformer fighter/bomber
latest weapon of destruction from our "friends" across the pond. not due in service yet, undergoing testing for teh next few years.
Boys Toys
(I helped save b3ta! Hummel Who died and made you....oh wait...., Mon 13 Oct 2008, 7:21, Reply)
This is a normal post What I find most worrying is......................
From the time of conception to the time these things have been built and shown to the public is somewhere between 15 and 20 years.

Makes you wonder what they have under wraps in hangers out in the desert and what concepts they are designing at the moment.
 (I helped save b3ta! lord turkey boy and the cleft of venus, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 7:41, Reply)
This is a normal post I was thinking he same thing as i watched this.
frightening indeed
 (I helped save b3ta! Hummel Who died and made you....oh wait...., Mon 13 Oct 2008, 7:48, Reply)
This is a normal post Am I being a bit fik?
MERKIN??????????
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkin
Could of spent a bit more effort/research on the name
 (I helped save b3ta! Gooch Is neither here nor there, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 7:46, Reply)
This is a normal post lols....
Merkin= affectionate b3ta slang for america, americans
 (I helped save b3ta! Hummel Who died and made you....oh wait...., Mon 13 Oct 2008, 7:49, Reply)
This is a normal post Blushes
That would explain the odd googling at work this morning, cheered my day up.
 (I helped save b3ta! Gooch Is neither here nor there, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 7:54, Reply)
This is a normal post derived from the way george bush says 'american'
'i'm proud to be a-merkin'
 (Dijital Flouncing Back!, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 9:17, Reply)
This is a normal post uh..
so whats actually different from that and an f-22 then? i only watched 2/3 the video... the horrendous animation put me off. (its keyframe gone mad i tells ya!)

i thought the f-22 already did the tail changing bit... i know they tested it at least.

oh ye, the merkins are busy in their bunkers building a new dollah bill. DR JONES!!!!
 (JonothanCainer, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 8:19, Reply)
This is a normal post the JSF is capable of vertical take off and landing
the F22 needs a conventional runway.
 (I helped save b3ta! crab_bloke), Mon 13 Oct 2008, 11:31, Reply)
This is a normal post Well, the F35B will still need a (short) runway
to take off with a sensible weapon load anyway.

The straight-up take off and landing is, apparently, only an air-show trick, being that they have a reduced fuel load and no weapons load.

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 (I helped save b3ta! IHaveABadFeelingAboutThis most likely working from home on, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 11:49, Reply)
This is a normal post yep
same with the harrier innit. hence the ski ramp carrier take-offs. short take-off is good enough for its job innit.
 (I helped save b3ta! crab_bloke), Mon 13 Oct 2008, 11:58, Reply)
This is a normal post /Geeks
That is the JSF, now called the Lightning II and is actually joint built by the US and UK. We'll get them too ;-)
 (Bob the Scutter, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 9:08, Reply)
This is a normal post so a CGI video of something they haven't made yet?

(I helped save b3ta! Firkinfedup last shat on your wife's tits at, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 10:13, Reply)
This is a normal post CGI video of soemthing thay have made
Channel 4 in the UK did a superb documentary about it a few years back.
 (Bob the Scutter, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 10:51, Reply)
This is a normal post OH I SEE....
they copied the Harrier Jump Jet! KJust about 20 years later!
 (I helped save b3ta! McMookMac Crush Proof, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 10:30, Reply)
This is a normal post ya...
brits beat the yanks here but like americans they have to gloat about it
 (pancakes_n_ham, Mon 13 Oct 2008, 10:45, Reply)
This is a normal post not really, no
the harrier is an old design reaching the end of its service life. The JSF is a massively more capable aircraft.
 (I helped save b3ta! crab_bloke), Mon 13 Oct 2008, 11:33, Reply)