JSFfan that article in Janes is supposition by a journalist nothing more so I wouldn't put too much store by it. All we really know is that 48 F35B is the initial buy and a final decision on total numbers will be taken in the next review due in 2015. Theres been nothing about split buys.
I also have to say before you start chucking stones. Can I ask if you are either a pilot or an engineer involved in military aerospace activities? Otherwise it seems like a statement designed to get scorn and ridicule poured on you.