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Lack of maintenance parts is just a kill switch with a timer. Jet Fighters need a lot of maintenance, they are not like cars. So a kill switch in software is
by silvestrov 2y ago
Lack of maintenance parts is just a kill switch with a timer.
Jet Fighters need a lot of maintenance, they are not like cars.
So a kill switch in software is not needed. If the US stops shipping parts, then it is only a matter of time before the Jet Fighters is an expensive paper weight.
- spixy 2y agoHuge part of F35 (like the engine) is made in EU/UK. We could "kill switch" USA as well. https://www.ft.com/content/1503a69e-13e4-4ee8-9d05-b9ce1f7cc89e https://www.ft.com/content/1503a69e-13e4-4ee8-9d05-b9ce1f7cc...
- justin66 2y agoIt’s false to say that all F-35 engines are made in the same country.
- jki275 2y agoIran is still flying F14s.
- mayama 2y agoF35 is networked heavily, for its sensor fusion and various abilities. It has probably 25 million LOC and is heavily software dependent. It should be viewed somewhat as a closed software product that needs heavy vendor support right from mission planning.
- alephnerd 2y agoYou don't have to use the ALIS in an F35. Israel uses it's own version of ALIS it co-developed with India and France (forgetting the name - will add once I remember). The fusion aspect was added because of NATO's Air Force fusion/unified command policy in Europe and MENA before the current administration.
- alephnerd 2y ago> forgetting the name BNET and IAI+Thales+BEL's Datalink
- jki275 2y agoYes, but also no. Some of the capabilities, sure -- you're never going to be able to use them if you don't have the things it needs to talk to. The lack of those things don't turn it into a brick. It's still a highly capable fifth gen LO fighter/bomber without them.
- bambax 2y agoExactly. There probably is a kill switch (the temptation to add one is just impossible to resist), but it's not even needed. Stop maintenance, and in a matter of days these things can't fly.