GK - I was not accusing anyone of underhandedness. Most of the numbers out of LockMart have been appropriately labeled and qualified. However, once those get more widely reported (as in the post to which I originally responded) the qualifiers get stripped away.
LM says that eventually, at full rate, the F-35A will cost as much as a comparably equipped F/A-18E/F. Who knows, they may accomplish this (despite derisive snorts from St Louis). But to talk of a $60-$65 million price in the context of the RN's deal is misleading, because the UK will be buying B-models off the later LRIP batches and the early MYPs, if the whole shebang stays on schedule.