About those Harrier Upgrades....

via Flight Global...

Julie Praiss, Boeing's Aircraft and Weapons Support vice-president, says the USMC and the company are contemplating adding upgrades such as a Link 16 enhancement and variable message format datalinks to the aircraft.
Later additions might include expanded weapons capability, such as adding the Raytheon AIM-120 AMRAAM air-to-air missile to the jet's arsenal and a helmet-mounted cueing system. Other possible upgrades include updated sensors, with particular emphasis on the aircraft's Raytheon APG-65 radar, Praiss says.
The USMC originally planned to keep the Harrier in service only until 2015, but in the past few years decided to keep the aircraft in use for far longer. The majority of the Harrier fleet will now remain in operation until 2027.

In an earlier post I didn't name the upgrades that might be possible.

I didn't need to.  Its already in the works.  AIM-120, helmet mounted cueing, updated sensors with an emphasis on the radar...not that surprising.

The purchase of the Brit Harriers was the deal of the century and will see these planes flying for more than another decade...easy.