Whot... the "at-home" Brits too busy reminiscing about 1970s TV... shows... to pay attention to the doings in the colonies?
Apparently JSFfan is still asleep "downunda"...
http://www.pprune.org/7552617-post356.html
Internal politics saying stuff means nothing, all partners are still committed.
Federal government cancels F-35 fighter purchase
Federal government cancels F-35 fighter purchase
By Michael Den Tandt, The Ottawa Citizen December 6, 2012 10:06 PM
OTTAWA — The F-35 jet fighter purchase, the most persistent thorn in the federal government’s side and the subject of a devastating auditor-general’s report last spring, is dead.
Faced with the imminent release of an audit by accountants KPMG that will push the total projected life-cycle costs of the aircraft above $30 billion, the operations committee of the federal Cabinet decided to scrap the controversial sole-source program and go back to the drawing board, a source familiar with the decision said.
This occurred after Chief of the Defence Staff Thomas Lawson, while en route overseas, was called back urgently to appear before the committee, the source said.
More details at link.