Agree'd however since most of our aircraft are now built by foreign companies we would have to wait to get them any way.
The decision to order is nothing to do with the UKDF strageic needs its to do with Gordon Brown having a job after the next election!
The Defence budget espically the Naval one will go into melt down soon when the trident replacement boats have to be ordered and the treasury tell the mod to find the money out of their budgets.