Hmmm...
Originally Posted by LowObservable
Yes, the B is vulnerable if the UK drops it.
Planned F-35
B buys:
USMC 400+
Italy ~60
Spain ~20
UK doesn't order the 60-138 they were going to order, and everybody else gets told "Well, the Brits pulled out so you all lose"?
Boy, you Brits have a severely over-inflated sense of your own importance... still!