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SMSgt Mac said...

Well it is pretty chunky-looking from the LO requirement that's for sure.

I think there is a large faction who knew they'd never get a JSF off the drawing board if it didn't at least have a token gun, and a smaller faction who insisted on a minimal capability. I believe that by ten years from now, people will have figured out you really don't need the gun 99% of the time and the 1% of the time you will, you'll either decide it's not too risky to carry a non-LO pod with more ammo or come up with a higher capacity LO gun pod. There's just so much more you can do with an SDB or other precision weapons, that you don't need the gun nearly as much anymore.

Feb 25, 2012, 1:25:55 PM

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