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Re:Status of F-35 – Senate Armed Services Committee Statemen... by LoSboccacc on Monday May 02, 2016 @12:24PM (#11612833)
It is a respunding success according to the amount of porking it generated. Is the f-22 exported?

Edit: to clarify: they're not exporting the good one which could change an actual war.

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Re:Status of F-35 – Senate Armed Services Committee Statemen... by jasonwatkinspdx on Monday May 02, 2016 @12:30PM (#11612894)
No exports of the F-22. It's apparently got some technology they're not willing to transfer, even to allies.
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Re:Status of F-35 – Senate Armed Services Committee Statemen... by fiatmoney on Monday May 02, 2016 @01:16PM (#11613370)
The politics are a bit more complicated. The DoD would be willing to export to, eg, the UK & Canada, but any exports at all would trigger calls by lobbying organizations to send it to "allies" like Israel & Saudi Arabia, which then immediately finds its way to China / Pakistan / etc.
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Re:Status of F-35 – Senate Armed Services Committee Statemen... by mrweasel on Monday May 02, 2016 @12:35PM (#11612945)
I'm half-way suspecting that the F-22 isn't available for export, because it would hurt the sales of the F-35.
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Re:Status of F-35 – Senate Armed Services Committee Statemen... by vanattab on Monday May 02, 2016 @12:47PM (#11613051)
The F-22 is not for export because we want to make sure we can shoot down the f35s we do export.
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Re:Status of F-35 – Senate Armed Services Committee Statemen... by ino on Monday May 02, 2016 @01:38PM (#11613609)
a software kill switch could be a solution to that problem
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Re:Status of F-35 – Senate Armed Services Committee Statemen... by secfirstmd on Monday May 02, 2016 @04:45PM (#11615438)
The French are known for doing that. I'm sure most militaries do in some way

http://spectrum.ieee.org/semiconductors/design/the-hunt-for-...

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Re:Status of F-35 – Senate Armed Services Committee Statemen... by matt_wulfeck on Monday May 02, 2016 @02:38PM (#11614182)
Good thing we have such competent developers on the project.
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