lumpenproletariatMar 14, 2025

Portugal Drops Plans for F-35 Citing U.S. Political Uncertainty

https://quokk.au/post/3561778

Portugal Drops Plans for F-35 Citing U.S. Political Uncertainty - Quokk.au

Trump’s controversial remarks about NATO, questioning member contributions and even suggesting the U.S. might not uphold its defense commitments, as well as the decision to halt the deliveries of weapons as well as the sharing of intelligence with Ukraine following the meeting with Zelensky at the White House, have raised alarms across Europe.

Show threadnot_that_guy05Mar 14, 2025
Ooofff he’s fucking with the war machine. Let’s see how this plays for trump. Lol
Show threadMakeitstopMar 14, 2025
It’s fine, I’m sure he’ll be selling them to Russia before too long.
Show threadArbiterMar 14, 2025
I doubt Russia would want to buy warplanes with a US kill switch.
Show threadBatrickPateman

Once this kill switch stuff keeps popping up:

theaviationist.com/2025/…/f-35-kill-switch-myth/

TL;DR: There is no kill switch per se (as in flip it and brick the thing), but a huge dependency on logistics, services and systems that operators outside the US have no influence over. That in turn will cause the plane - while still flyable - to be grounded over time as it cannot be maintained, rearmed and operated effectively anymore.

The F-35 'Kill Switch': Separating Myth from Reality

With heightened tensions between Europe and the United States over NATO and Ukraine, the myth of an F-35 "kill switch", which would supposedly allow the

The Aviationist
Mar 14, 2025 at 7:40amWeb
Show threadalfredon996Mar 14, 2025
At the end the effects are the same of a kill switch