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They also refuse to update the electronic countermeasures systems installed in Ukraine's F16. Not a kill switch, but it is impacting the usefulness of the plane
by wongarsu 2y ago
They also refuse to update the electronic countermeasures systems installed in Ukraine's F16. Not a kill switch, but it is impacting the usefulness of the planes.
Whether actual kill switches exist is unknown. But if you were a European country, would you take the chance of buying fighters from a country threatening to invade multiple of your allies based on their assurance that the rumors about kill switches are nothing but unsubstantiated rumors?
- guappa 2y agoWell denmark is going ahead to buy F-35 from their enemy that wants to invade them.
- zimpenfish 2y agoRegretting it though[0] - "Rasmus Jarlov, chairman of the Danish Parliament’s Defence Committee, has expressed regret over the decision to purchase the F-35. [...] He now advocates for reassessing Denmark’s strategic dependency on the United States and calls on European allies to consider doing the same." [0] https://www.armyrecognition.com/news/aerospace-news/2025/denmark-weighs-expanding-its-fleet-of-us-f-35-fighters-despite-tensions-over-greenland https://www.armyrecognition.com/news/aerospace-news/2025/den...
- benterix 2y agoThe made that decision earlier and it's not sure they're going to follow though.
- guappa 2y agoI guess my comment above is downvoted because stating easily verifiable factual truths is not welcome?