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I haven't done adequate due diligence yet - could be inaccurate

I came across this article alleging that Germany is considering bailing on the F-35 aircraft because the US can remotely disable them.

If the US could do this to German F-35s, presumably they can do it to ours....

Additional reporting alleging concern in Canadian defence circles

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

The risk is the US sticking a logic bomb into a firmware update that physically breaks chips without regular updates that are signed by the US manufacturers CA.

Trust is important and frankly the US isnt very deserving of trust at the moment.

Edit; tbh id be surprised if something like this isn't already there for the purpose of guaranteed support contract money for each major component. Stop paying? Go find another component, shits bricked.

Gotta keep that MIC money flowing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

Can still swap out hardware. And firmware chips can be replaced.