No decision yet on final UK JSF numbers

In the wake of the UK's publication of its strategic review, the government has stated that no decision has been made regarding the total number of F-35 JSF's to be ordered and may be delayed till 2015. However it has been revealed that only 12 JSFs would be placed on the envisaged operational aircraft carrier, down from an initially planned 36 and total numbers might drop from 138 to as few as 40.