What I find interesting in this debate is the statement that by not having F/A.2's onboard anymore you can free up more space for Gr.7/9's . However whilst you can certainly carry more to the chosen destination -is there any point? I am sure that faced with sitting offshore in a big steel radar target or deployed to the nearest friendly nation's air base the second option will win!
In this day and age money would be far better spent in providing new tanker aircraft that can support the Typhoon fleet on it's worldwide adventures rather than techinically fascinating JSF's which whilst having the advantage of stealth features are no more equipped to survive crude AAA ground fire than a Hawker Hunter was in the 1960's.