Can the A-10 carry the SDB II internally? Does the F-35 need to carry that bomb internally?
This whole article is an apples to oranges comparison. The SDB was originally pitched to fit inside the weapons bay on F-22. This SDB II evidently has some kind of triple guidance package that up until this date had never been fielded. I don't know how you can build a 250 lb bomb that can't fit in a bay built for 2000 lb. JDAM., but I don't remember these arguments when F-22 came out. American air to air weapon development has been limited to the weapons bay on the F-22 for a long time, when we could use a longer stick weapon against emerging Russian and Chinese weapons.
“Can the A-10 carry the SDB II internally? Does the F-35 need to carry that bomb internally? “
If it doesn’t, then it has no stealth. So it magically becomes a slow, shortlegged, undergunned F-18 variant.