I just can't believe that, all said and done, this will actually have worked out cheaper than simply design a normal stealth F/A machine and a separate "Super Harrier" STOVL project for the marines. (non-stealth, of course.)
Or just drop the whole STOVL idea; even the brits don't like it anymore. The only reason they are buying them again is because they (will) exist and will be cheaper than modifying their carriers.
Having a design constraint by that requirement when only a tiny percentage will use it is madness.
Comes back to "replacement mentality" the article mentioned. Don't do something because it is really better, but because you have always done it that way.