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They're already dropping.
by throwaway48476 2y ago
They're already dropping.
- mrweasel 2y agoThey can drop more, orders aren't being cancelled. Imagine that the UK needs to launch an F35 against, let's say Argentina, and the US says no and prevents that plane from taking of to defend the Falkland Islands. Would Germany, Denmark, Norway, the UK and others still want the rest of the planes they ordered, or will they cancel?
- drumhead 2y agoAnother nightmare scenario. If the EU has to fly combat missions against Russians in Ukraine and the US decides that in the "interests of peace" to deactivate European F35s. Not a possiblity that can be dismissed.
- antod 2y agoI saw somewhere that Britain and Israel are in more independent positions than other F35 buyers. Britain got control over the software and has developed some of their own, while Israel has been able develop their own electronics for it as well. They both might be able to avoid the remote off switch, but others could be a bit nervous.
- maxglute 2y ago> The US also has tight control over mission data files (MDFs), including electronic order-of-battle data. MDFs for the UK, Italy, Japan and other F-35 operators are exclusively generated by the USAF’s 350th Spectrum Warfare Wing at Eglin AFB, Florida. https://www.aerosociety.com/news/the-only-way-is-tempest/ https://www.aerosociety.com/news/the-only-way-is-tempest/ F35 SaaS.
- throwaway48476 2y agoIt's more like intelligence sharing. The F35 plan was to have them all networked and interoperable within NATO.