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‘the Harrier was a US Marine Corps aircraft used extensively in the Gulf War. Capable of taking off vertically and carrying 10k pounds of bombs, it had been called the “most captivating and the most dangerous plane in the US military.”’

From a British Design by Hawker Siddeley in the 1960s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrier_Jump_Jet

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This quote betrays a lack of understanding of the destructive power of other planes in the US arsenal. Depending on when it was uttered, the B52, B2, A10, AC130 and/or F22 all come to mind as being way scarier.

In this case it's likely "dangerous" refers to the plane's danger to the pilot, not the targets of its weapons. The Harrier was notoriously unstable in its VTOL configuration, as it was built before adoption of fly by wire systems that could keep it stable automatically, like the F-35B does.

Doesn't the B2 have world-wide nuclear weapons deployment capabilities? Nothing is scarier than this impossibly cool plane.

Yes, it can deliver a nuclear warhead anywhere in the world without detection. Basically a death-ray.

> most dangerous plane in the US military.

Only for the pilot.

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