EngineX@lemmy.zip to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 3 days agoBetter buy European: Trump ‘kill switch’ fears grow over Australia’s $17 billion F-35 fleetwww.news.com.auexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1308arrow-down13
arrow-up1305arrow-down1external-linkBetter buy European: Trump ‘kill switch’ fears grow over Australia’s $17 billion F-35 fleetwww.news.com.auEngineX@lemmy.zip to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squareMyBrainHurts@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up95·3 days agoEven if it doesn’t have a kill switch, refusal to do maintenance, replace parts etc means that America will always have leverage over any “ally” that buys from them
minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up67·3 days agoMore simply: even if there’s not an explicit kill switch, there’s an implicit kill switch.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoThat’s what they mean, obviously it’s not a physical kill switch. US just needs to stop sending parts to ground the F35s.
minus-squareSeductiveTortoise@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days ago“it’s not a kill switch, but an asphyxiate button. totally different, see?”
minus-squarehector@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoYeah the way things are going I don’t see how Canada can rely on the F35. It’s way over budget as is. Maybe it’s time to just walk from the deal.
minus-squareMatty Roses@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoWhat, you want your planes to stay in the sky, even when it rains? Picky picky.
Even if it doesn’t have a kill switch, refusal to do maintenance, replace parts etc means that America will always have leverage over any “ally” that buys from them
More simply: even if there’s not an explicit kill switch, there’s an implicit kill switch.
Well put!
That’s what they mean, obviously it’s not a physical kill switch. US just needs to stop sending parts to ground the F35s.
“it’s not a kill switch, but an asphyxiate button. totally different, see?”
It’s a DRM.
Yeah the way things are going I don’t see how Canada can rely on the F35. It’s way over budget as is. Maybe it’s time to just walk from the deal.
What, you want your planes to stay in the sky, even when it rains? Picky picky.