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
Swiss population has turned against the F-35, the “ejectable seat demonstrator”
Americans will be paying a 39% surtax on Swiss products.
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/switzerland-slammed-with-39%25-tariff-rate-in-trump-trade-blitz/89768316
Other tariff rates: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/07/further-modifying-the-reciprocal-tariff-rates/
(Bloomberg) -- Donald Trump will impose a 39% tariff on imports from Switzerland, leaving the European country with one of the steepest levies globally as the US president seeks to cut America’s trade deficit and lure manufacturing to its shores.
Swiss politicians across parties are seeking to cancel an order of three dozen F-35A fighter jets after President Donald Trump imposed some of the world’s harshest levies on the country.
Swiss politicians across parties are seeking to cancel an order of three dozen F-35A fighter jets from US defense conglomerate Lockheed Martin Corp after President Donald Trump imposed some of the world’s harshest levies on the country.
Two thirds of the Swiss population support the government in not giving in on US extortion to lower the arbitrary 39% of tariffs on Swiss goods.
La Suisse ne doit pas faire de concessions aux Etats-Unis après l'imposition de lourds droits de douane, selon un sondage, et ce bien que la population s’attende à des difficultés économiques à la suite de la décision du président Donald Trump.
Swiss Population a few days ago:
67% deems the cost increase in the procurement of 36 F-35A fighter jets unacceptable. Amid rising costs, 45% of respondents would prefer to withdraw from the F-35 agreement
https://www.ipsos.com/en-ch/swiss-against-spending-more-f-35-deal
Government today:
"Switzerland is offering to buy more American weapons”
https://www.ft.com/content/a470c79c-9d38-453e-b3d1-3a743d7d3c9c
Swatch mocks the US tariffs on Swiss goods, quickly selling out a 1*39* CHF “What if ... Tariffs?” watch
https://www.swatch.com/en-ch/what-if-tariffs-so34z106/SO34Z106.html
Enough is enough. It's time to pull the 🔌.
After the F-35 drama, the tariff insults, public mockery by Trump of the 🇨🇭 president, the technical inferiority of the Patriot missiles compared to the SAMP/T, 🇬🇱🇨🇦 invasion threats, the Pentagon's theft of European paid weapons destined to Ukraine to make up for the failures in Iran, and now the theft of money from the F-35 payments towards to patriot restocking…
🇨🇭should no longer be buying 🇺🇸 weapons.
Join the petition ✍️: https://gssa.ch/57766/#formular
United States theft from Sweden...
"The United States has circumvented a Swiss payment freeze on the Patriot air defense system by redirecting funds Bern had set aside for its F-35 fighter jet acquisition, Swiss public broadcaster SRF reported on March 27, 2026."
https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/us-diverts-swiss-f35-funds-patriot-payments
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