Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Na tētahi hapa hoahoa i waiho ai tētahi waka rererangi whawhai, he wāhanga o te kaupapa tino utu nui o te Pentagon, kāore e taea te kawe i ngā poma tino matatau. He iti rawa te papa patu o roto o te F-35B mo te Utauta Iti Iti II (SDB II) utaina, e ai ki te purongo a roto o te Rohe. Ahakoa he mea whakahau kia mau i tētahi waka rererangi F-35B, i hangaia e Lockheed Martin, e waru ngā SDB II i roto i te whanga, e whā anake e rite ana. E ai ki ngā pūrongo, e $590 piriona te utu o te hōtaka F-35 i roto i te tekau tau e whai ake nei. Trouble in the skies: He iti rawa te papa patu o roto o te F-35B mo te Small Diameter Bomb II (SDB II) utaina (whakaahua konae) Ko te F-35B tetahi o nga momo e toru o te kaupapa F-35, kua kitea he utu nui me te raru ki te neke atu i te whenua. Ko te F-35B e whakaatu ana i te kaitautoko ka taea ai e ia te tango poto me nga taunga poutū, i ripoatahia e Inside Defense. I te US, ka whakamahia e te Marine Corps. Heoi, ko te F-35B te pokapū o te kaipuke rererangi hou a te Royal Navy o Ingarangi. Kua tono te Manatū Parenga i te 48 o ngā waka rererangi, ā, ko rātou anake ngā waka rererangi whawhai kua whakaritea hei whakarewa i ngā kaipuke rererangi o Ingarangi e rua - ko te HMS Kuini Erihapeti me te HMS Prince of Wales. Kua raru te hōtaka F-35 i te nui o te nui o te utu me te roa. I kii a Joe DellaVedova, he kaikorero mo te kaupapa F-35, i roto i te uiui a Inside Defense i tera wiki kei te whakarerekehia te jet F-35B kia taea ai te tuku i te waa. I kii ano a DellaVedova ka whiwhi pea a Lockheed Martin i te kirimana whakarereke i te raina i te tau 2015. 'Ehara tēnei i te take hou ki a mātou,' i kī a DellaVedova ki Inside Defense. 'Kei te mahi tahi mātou me te tari papatono SDB II me o rātau kaikirimana mai i te tau 2007. "Kua mohiotia nga take e tika ana, kua tuhia hoki, a he nui ake, he nui ake nga whakarereketanga e hiahiatia ana hei tautoko i te SDB II kua whakauruhia ki nga waka rererangi F-35. "Ko enei huringa iti, ko nga mea e toe ana ranei, i whakamutua kia tae ra ano te rererangi ki te taumata pakeke hei whakarite kia pai ai nga huringa e hiahiatia ana...
He iti rawa te papa patu o roto o te rererangi F-35B mo te kawenga o te Puma Iti Iti II (SDB II). Ahakoa he mea whakahau kia mau e waru ngā SDB II ki tētahi F-35B i roto i te whanga, e whā anake e taea ana te whakauru. Kua kī tētahi kaikorero mō te hōtaka F-35 kei te mahia ngā whakarerekētanga kia taea ai te tuku i te jet whawhai i te wā kua whakaritea. Ka taea e te SDB II te whakamahi i nga tikanga maha - tae atu ki te whakaahua i te infrared, laser, me te radar homing - ki te patu i nga whaainga. Ko te hōtaka F-35 e tata ana ki te $590 piriona i roto i te tekau tau e whai ake nei. Ko te F-35B kua whakaritea kia whakamahia e te Royal Navy o Ingarangi i runga i te kaipuke rererangi HMS Kuini Elizabeth.