[HN Gopher] Germany concerned over F-35 'kill switch' amid US po...
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       Germany concerned over F-35 'kill switch' amid US policy shifts
        
       Author : pseudolus
       Score  : 15 points
       Date   : 2025-03-10 22:33 UTC (29 minutes ago)
        
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       | PedroBatista wrote:
       | The F-35 is the biggest Trojan horse but this problem has been
       | getting bigger and bigger over the years. Everything dependent on
       | GPS and even cruise missiles with components from another nation
       | requiring the other nation to agree on the targets ( in general
       | terms ). I'm talking about hugely expensive equipment "owned" but
       | a country, not the other country refusing a new order. Ironically
       | this has also been a similar problem inside the branches of the
       | US Military, aka weapon DRM where the soldiers/technicians can't
       | even do a basic repair, they have to call "customer support". The
       | more the time passes the more the old truths make more sense:
       | Never, ever be dependent on somebody else to defend yourself. Who
       | knew the fricking France were right.. ;)
        
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