EngineX@lemmy.zip to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · před 8 měsíciBetter buy European: Trump ‘kill switch’ fears grow over Australia’s $17 billion F-35 fleetwww.news.com.auexternal-linkmessage-square32linkfedilinkarrow-up1311arrow-down13
arrow-up1308arrow-down1external-linkBetter buy European: Trump ‘kill switch’ fears grow over Australia’s $17 billion F-35 fleetwww.news.com.auEngineX@lemmy.zip to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · před 8 měsícimessage-square32linkfedilink
minus-squareMyBrainHurts@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up96·před 8 měsíciEven if it doesn’t have a kill switch, refusal to do maintenance, replace parts etc means that America will always have leverage over any “ally” that buys from them
minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up67·před 8 měsíciMore simply: even if there’s not an explicit kill switch, there’s an implicit kill switch.
minus-squarehector@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·před 8 měsíciYeah the way things are going I don’t see how Canada can rely on the F35. It’s way over budget as is. Maybe it’s time to just walk from the deal.
minus-squareMatty Roses@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·před 8 měsíciWhat, you want your planes to stay in the sky, even when it rains? Picky picky.
minus-squareSeductiveTortoise@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·před 8 měsíci“it’s not a kill switch, but an asphyxiate button. totally different, see?”
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·před 8 měsíciThat’s what they mean, obviously it’s not a physical kill switch. US just needs to stop sending parts to ground the F35s.
Even if it doesn’t have a kill switch, refusal to do maintenance, replace parts etc means that America will always have leverage over any “ally” that buys from them
More simply: even if there’s not an explicit kill switch, there’s an implicit kill switch.
Well put!
Yeah the way things are going I don’t see how Canada can rely on the F35. It’s way over budget as is. Maybe it’s time to just walk from the deal.
What, you want your planes to stay in the sky, even when it rains? Picky picky.
“it’s not a kill switch, but an asphyxiate button. totally different, see?”
It’s a DRM.
That’s what they mean, obviously it’s not a physical kill switch. US just needs to stop sending parts to ground the F35s.