So what's the chances of this F35B caper collapsing? And how much of the ill-advised pursuit of it has been caused by Air Staff Paranoia about all FJs winding up on Carriers?
Although it is advanced with unbridled enthusiasm by the likes of Sharkey and Lewis Page, would it not be for the best to simply replace the GR4 and provide for the carriers with a slightly bigger number of F18Fs? With a view to F35As/Cs further down the line?
Sorry for the heretical language!
FB
