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Portugal approaches Saab to purchase Gripen fighter jets following withdrawal from US F-35 program (armyrecognition.com)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/42527553

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Also don’t the f35’s have some kind of ‘off button’ that the us can press if they feel like it? Not much use if it falls out of the sky when America gets bored and starts randomly pressing buttons and shit

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

This is still not really clear, but a lot of experts think they have it (this is what I hear on podcasts that invite those experts). But even if there is no kill switch, they still need American hardware and software upgrades and maintenance. So America can always decide just not to support it anymore.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I imagine stoping software updates will do it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Yes, it's highly unlikely there is a kill switch, but stopping all types of maintainance might kill it pretty soon .