LF - Some wacky translation in that Noggy WP. Generally speaking, "speed" (v.) does not mean "delay by four to six years versus the program of record", to wit:
http://www.jsf.mil/downloads/documen...ate_4_2010.PDF (page 88)
The PSFD memo is old, of course, but there have been no official changes communicated to the US since then. This may explain why the Norwegian defense minister was characterized as "weasely" by US government people dealing with JSF (thank you Wikileaks).
The UK's "better pull a quick 360 and get the hell outta here" maneuver follows some interesting comings and goings - let's just say that there's more involved than USN pilots looking forward to exchanges on ships with more beverage options than Coke - and the Torygraph echoes the Standard's story cited a couple of pages back.
And may I echo the fact that Mr Boffin was right as usual. The horrors of SRVL may be avoided, and (for Mr Boffin) the even greater horrors consequent on the adoption of SRVL as routine procedure, on account of rash commitments made on these pages by said Boffin, recede into the dark corners of nightmare.