A meeting of the deceived

There will be a meeting of those that have been deceived.

This article has enough holes in it and errors in fact to drive a truck through it. However this is of interest:

But Canada has tentatively scheduled a meeting of the partners at its embassy in Washington before the Australian meeting to get an update on the program and better coordinate their approach.

Moronic statements like this don't help:

"They see progress in the test program and are scratching their heads why Washington is slowing down its orders," said one of the sources, who was not authorized to speak publicly. "If they're short of money, they should just say so."

Maybe if they re-read (or read if they have been asleep at the wheel) this letter one more time, the real status of the program might start to sink in.

For an alternate solution; the U.S. State Department is only a phone call away.

The JSF partner nations also have to take on-board the prime reason for rising costs and delay. That reason is defective engineering management and leadership

Operational Assessment

The JSF Operational Test Team completed an operational assessment of the F-35 program and determined that it is not on track to meet operational effectiveness or operational suitability requirements. The JSF Operational Test Team assessed the program based on measured and predicted performance against requirements from the JSF Operational Requirements Document, which was re-validated in 2009.