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F-35 Software Could Be Jailbreaked Like An iPhone: Dutch Defense Minister

The F-35's vendor locked software is becoming a greater concern as relations between the U.S. and longtime allies falter.

https://www.twz.com/air/f-35-software-could-be-jailbreaked-like-an-iphone-dutch-defense-minister

F-35 Software Could Be Jailbreaked Like An iPhone: Dutch Defense Secretary

The F-35's vendor locked software is becoming a greater concern as relations between the U.S. and longtime allies falter.

The War Zone
Feb 16 at 12:57amWeb
Show threadBeccaFeb 16

@eunews 😂🤣 Saab is a better buy anyway

and if stealth is at issue, might as well try to buy Chengdu J-20s

Show threadearthlingFeb 16

@eunews

So, bombing ICC will be a computer error?

Show threadMegatronicThronBanksFeb 16

@eunews The 35's were purely a white elephant to fleece money off the US and its allies. They are utterly combat useless and can be out flown by an old Su-35. The only consolation is that the Boeing submission was even more embarassing.

But we have now left the fighter era behind anyway, along with, finally - it happened - the tank era.

Show threadFrançois @JuraFeb 16
@eunews Rafale, Gripen and Eurofighters are what EU needs. Any EU countries still investing in F-35 is not worth defending.
Show threadJ$Feb 16

@eunews I’m not aware of achieved jailbreaks in recent(ish) iPhone generations/iOS versions.

One might hope for a better in in the F35, but there is of course an easy solution. Shop elsewhere.

Show threadMichael HeaneyFeb 16
@eunews meanwhile MPs in Westminster are worrying about the possibility of a kill switch disabling the engines of buses on British streets.