The Air Force's F-35C Could Soon Be Carrying Hypersonic Weapons

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May 14, 2020

The Air Force's F-35C Could Soon Be Carrying Hypersonic Weapons

And a big payload.
by David Axe
 

Here's What You Need To Remember: All the F-35 variants also come with underwing hardpoints. Crews can hang tons of missiles and bombs from the wings, albeit at the cost of the F-35’s radar stealth. The U.S. military even has a nickname for this configuration: “beast mode.”
 
The U.S. military could hang more weapons under the wings of its F-35 stealth fighters.

Lockheed Martin, which assembles the single-engine, radar-evading jets, in early May 2019 revealed a concept for a hypersonic surface-to-air missile that’s compatible with the U.S. Navy’s F-35C.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/air-forces-f-35c-could-soon-be-carrying-hypersonic-weapons-153781