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This killswitch claim is false and would be a huge vulnerability if it existed.
by markoman 4mo ago
This killswitch claim is false and would be a huge vulnerability if it existed.
- pseudony 4mo agoYou don’t need a fancy kill switch, just stop sending parts and updates, any sustained conflict will do the work. Any F35 bought by Europe is nothing short of lunacy. You don’t buy from people hell-bent on having conflicts with you.
- sreekanth850 4mo agoExcatly and even more they are stripped version. Export version is always inferior.
- baq 4mo agoExcept the Israeli versions obviously. These are at least on par with domestic.
- sreekanth850 4mo agoIam not sure about this, may be true. But in general exported products are always less capable. Be it f35, brahmos or s400.
- throwaway85825 4mo agoDue to political engineering some significant parts are manufactured in partnership countries. That supply chain is also a vulnerability for the US albeit to a lesser degree.
- litigator 4mo agoThe UK alone produces 15% of the parts required to assemble the F35. Around 25% of the jet is manufactured/produced by the other partners of the program. Heck the F35B only exists due to the UK demanding it. They have access to the source code (and so do Israel).