US Marine Corps gets six 'blind' F-35B stealth fighters loaded with lead ballast instead of advanced radars — new APG-38 radar won't be available till 2028 and can't even be used at full capacity till 2031
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Fielding six radarless F-35Bs because the new APG-38 won’t be ready until 2028 is a brutal example of what happens when platform and sensor roadmaps de-sync. Any operator betting on next-gen sensing or AI modules should stress-test for this scenario — assets in the field with ballast where your core capability was supposed to be.
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