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Old 24th Sep 2013, 23:00
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peter we
 
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I thought it was confirmed a week ago, 138 is still the number and there is no chance of a split order - its the B.

Neither party will give up on the UK's aerospace industry and the F-35 is more important to the UK for that, than an military asset.

I wasn't aware of any serious calls to abandon the F-35 in the UK - from any party. Confusion? not really.

The Netherlands is a special case, their budget is seriously screwed up and they are no indication of what will happen elsewhere.

South Korea is interesting. Apparently the airforce had predetermined they wanted the F-35 and went through the motions of having a competition.
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