The Marines are bringing back Harriers (ancient and not very effective) because the Hornets are wearing out.* The UK has a carrier in service that has no plane

The Marines are bringing back Harriers (ancient and not very effective) because the Hornets are wearing out.* The UK has a carrier in service that has no planes. The original plan was to have the JSF in service in 2010. Plans keep getting pushed back, more money is spent, and the state of the art is not standing still. The problem with this is that the US is spending insane amounts of money for what will not be a very effective plane in any particular role. Defenders will say that the JSF can do more things than any other plane, but what is the point if in combat the plane is not the best at the role it is sent to perform? It's hard to know what to do at this point, perhaps just keep the JSF as a VTOL replacement (there is no other) and keep some for the Air Force. At the ranges our navy will need to engage in Asia, they should think about drones and planes that are built to work very well with drones. *https://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/u-s-marines-will-keep-the-harrier-around-longer-as-hor-1794046061 https://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/u-s-marines-will-keep-the-...