• Ooops@feddit.org
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    24 days ago

    Well, then Poland should quickly order more US tanks, just like Denmark recently ordered more F-35 to show what they think of the US threats…

    I still don’t know if it’s funny or sad how always those loudly talking are then competing on who can kiss the US’ ass better.

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      24 days ago

      I still don’t know if it’s funny or sad how

      It’s neither, it’s infuriating, especially when you were against F-35 from the beginning.

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      23 days ago

      And f35s and apaches/blackhawks/chinooks (they can’t decide the way in which we’ll be fucked) and patriots and drones. And this is only the things i remember rn. They also want to get 250 strykers for free casue why not, we already have 4 types of MBTs so second wheeled APC wont make a differnce! Oh, and palantir!

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      22 days ago

      Didn’t it also became public the US could remotely “turn off” these F-35?

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        22 days ago

        As far as I understand it, this is a (social) media exaggeration. But a lot of the F-35’s capabilities, in particular the stealth and networking that are the main selling point, depend on constant adaptions and updates of the electronic systems.

        Sure, we can talk about conspiracy theories of a possible killswitch backdoor hidden in the code. But that wouldn’t even be F-35 specific. The more interesting aspect is logistics/spares and software updates for that very high-maintenance jet with modern electronics.