The number of flight hours goes way up once you have to factor in all the combinations of pylon-mounted ordnance on something like an A-10 or F-16. Your jamming

The number of flight hours goes way up once you have to factor in all the combinations of pylon-mounted ordnance on something like an A-10 or F-16. Your jamming system might work fine with a missile mounted, but not with a JDAM at the same location. And you want your pilots to be confident that the aircraft systems work every single time, no matter what. I would have liked to be in the meeting where this was proposed to a General. "You want to WHAT??"