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In this case, I believe that "self-destruct mode" is called "crashing into the Pacific Ocean." This article feels disingenuous. They make it out like they Chin
by mieseratte 8y ago
In this case, I believe that "self-destruct mode" is called "crashing into the Pacific Ocean."
This article feels disingenuous. They make it out like they Chinese or Russians are going to just stumble upon a nice, neat F-35, ready for inspection.
- mc32 8y agoThere was an incident some years ago where an EP-3R recon plane was forced to land by PLA fighters. Flight crew had a few mins to destroy critical components but the Chinese gathered some tech from that incident. Also, the unlucky Gary Powers.
- bgee 8y ago> was forced to land by PLA fighters I won't necessarily say the landing was forced by PLA fighters; that would imply PLA intentionally did this (to obtain tech?) while in fact that J-8 crashed and its pilot was killed/missing. US recon planes fly near China's (and other countries') coastal line with PLA's fighter near by all the time. My point is that incident looks more like an accident to me even though China may have gained some tech out of it while losing one pilot and plane.
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- lakkal 8y agoAnd in the opposite direction, when a Russian MiG-25 was landed in Japan by a defecting pilot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mig-25#Western_intelligence_and_the_MiG-25 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mig-25#Western_intelligence_an...
- techdragon 8y agoThis only works up to a point. Nation State adversaries are able to muster the resources to salvage things from the ocean floor. Case in point, the whole Glomar Explorer Soviet submarine salvage cover up.