And did anyone really ever think for a moment that the most expensive mil procurement ever could really come in at a comparable price to gen 4/4.5 platforms? But I doubt any of the governments that are in the JSF market were taken in by the public spin any more than the US gov have been. This is only 'news' to those of us that weren't on the inside of keeping the programme alive. I doubt this will be a killer, shocking though it may seem.