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Re:Statement on US government directive to suspend access to... by pseudony on Saturday June 13, 2026 @04:31AM (#48514916)
You 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.

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Re:Statement on US government directive to suspend access to... by litigator on Saturday June 13, 2026 @07:33AM (#48516190)
The 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).

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Re:Statement on US government directive to suspend access to... by throwaway85825 on Saturday June 13, 2026 @06:33AM (#48515744)
Due 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.
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Re:Statement on US government directive to suspend access to... by sreekanth850 on Saturday June 13, 2026 @04:48AM (#48515009)
Excatly and even more they are stripped version. Export version is always inferior.
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Re:Statement on US government directive to suspend access to... by baq on Saturday June 13, 2026 @06:33AM (#48515739)
Except the Israeli versions obviously. These are at least on par with domestic.
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Re:Statement on US government directive to suspend access to... by sreekanth850 on Saturday June 13, 2026 @07:05AM (#48515984)
Iam not sure about this, may be true. But in general exported products are always less capable. Be it f35, brahmos or s400.
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