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The F-35 'Kill Switch': Separating Myth from Reality
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- ggm 2y ago"Hi, you need to install this critical feature upgrade or your F35 may fly unstable paths and kill your pilot during combat" ... "yea, we did disable 99% of the functionality, come back when the trade negotiations finish" alternatively: "we found problems. You can't have them until you agree to trade terms. PS they make for unstable flight. your pilots may day in combat" alternatively: "if you refuse to agree to our trade terms, then we refuse to tell you about critical subsystem diagnostics and your airframe may not be servicable" &c &c &c. I would not call any of these an in-flight kill switch. I would call all of them varying degrees of remote software control. albiet across maintenance functions. No magic back door required.
- yawpitch 2y agotl;dr: the US can’t remotely brick your airplanes, but it absolutely can brick your airplanes remotely… unless you happen to be Israel.
- belter 2y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43357995 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43357995