• casmael@lemm.ee
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    21 hours ago

    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

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      21 hours 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.

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        18 hours ago

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