I wonder if this is an operation somewhat like what the US did against the Soviet Union by supplying subtly flawed hardware and software designs when it was dis

I wonder if this is an operation somewhat like what the US did against the Soviet Union by supplying subtly flawed hardware and software designs when it was discovered that the Soviets were using espionage to obtain technology from the West. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2004/02/27/reagan-approved-plan-to-sabotage-soviets/a9184eff-47fd-402e-beb2-63970851e130/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2004/02/27/r... Unless you have a lot of knowledge about the technology, you may have issues figuring out if something has subtle flaws. For high performance fighter jets, there are a lot of ways you can make it go bad. Maybe tolerances are off a little, or the materials are too brittle in some conditions, etc. There are all sorts of ways you can make stuff that will fail.