"The Raven" writes:

For various political reasons Boeing could have pushed forward with the X-32
into other non-JSF (and friendly) markets. Imagine the competition that
potentially could be generated from an F32 vs F35 sale to foreign nations?

Won't happen. DOD would/does not like having competition for foreign
military sales of their choice; as that would drive down the volume
and up their price.

Any X-32 sales approvals would be lost in the shuffle until just after
it was too late....
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