Frédéric JacobsOct 22, 2024
"All versions of the F-35, the world’s costliest weapons program, have failed to meet minimum combat readiness rates for six straight years”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-21/f-35s-have-failed-to-hit-readiness-marks-for-six-years-gao-says
F-35s Have Failed to Hit Readiness Marks for Six Years, GAO Says

All versions of the F-35, the world’s costliest weapons program, have failed to meet minimum combat readiness rates for six straight years, according to the watchdog agency for Congress.

Bloomberg
Show threadFrédéric JacobsMar 16, 2025

Very good article about why it doesn't even matter whether the F-35 has a kill switch or not.

Without access to the maintenance network, the same result would be achieved but with a small delay.

Especially more advanced key features require access to the ALIS/ODIN cloud-based system.

https://www.twz.com/air/you-dont-need-a-kill-switch-to-hobble-exported-f-35s

You Don’t Need A Kill Switch To Hobble Exported F-35s

The U.S. doesn't have to rely on a kill switch to rapidly degrade and soon end a foreign country's ability to use its F-35s.

The War Zone
Show threadFrédéric JacobsMar 28, 2025

Swiss population has turned against the F-35, the “ejectable seat demonstrator”

https://www.watson.ch/schweiz/wirtschaft/356208607-f-35-kauf-wird-von-schweizer-bevoelkerung-laut-umfrage-deutlich-abgelehnt

F-35-Kauf wird von Schweizer Bevölkerung laut Umfrage deutlich abgelehnt

Das unberechenbare aussenpolitische Verhalten von US-Präsident Donald Trump sorgt dafür, dass die Zustimmung zum Kauf des Kampfjets F-35 in der Schweiz kippt.

watson
Show threadAndrei Kucharavy
@fj
Mar 28, 2025 at 8:26amToot!