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July 7, 2026
Simple Flying
For a fighter aircraft advertised as one of the most sophisticated combat systems ever built, the idea sounds almost absurd: the United States Marine Corps is now taking delivery of Lockheed Martin F-35B stealth fighters with ballast weights installed in the nose instead of their primary radar systems. In an era defined by software-driven warfare and sensor fusion, headlines about “radarless F-35s” naturally create images of a procurement disaster or a multi-billion-dollar mistake. But the reality is more complicated, and far more revealing about how modern combat aircraft are actually built.