The Pentagon Denies the F-35 Has a Kill Switch, but Its Software Demands Amount to the Same Thing
Buying an F-35 is a lot like buying a Tesla. Buyers are locked into an ecosystem with complicated software that’s required to ...
Allies rethink F-35 fighter jets over Trump’s ‘kill switch’
Some of America’s allies are considering dumping plans to buy the $127 million US plane, as the president upends traditional ...
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Does the F-35 Come With a “Kill Switch”? Europe Is Worried
According to the Joint Program Office (JPO) that handles all things relevant to the F-35, there is no kill switch—and thus no ...
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‘There is no kill switch’: Pentagon denies F-35 rumours as calls grow to ditch US defence products
With allied governments and industrial competitors now openly discussing possible cancellation of orders for the American ...
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No, there’s no ‘kill switch’: Pentagon tries to reassure international F-35 partners
The clarification comes after two American allies said they were publicly reevaluating their future fighter needs amid ...
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Germany Doubles Down on F-35 Procurement
Minister of Defense Boris Pistorious shut down suggestions that Germany could reverse its decision to buy the F-35A Lightning ...
Denmark's defense committee head said he regrets choosing the F-35: 'We must avoid American weapons if at all possible'
Citing fears that the US may use weapons support as leverage against Denmark, Rasmus Jarlov said buying American weapons is ...
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Australian air force ‘not concerned at all’ about F-35 ‘kill switch’
The head of capability for the Royal Australian Air Force says his service has no qualms about the reliability of its US-made Lockheed Martin F-35A fighters. Speaking at the Avalon air show near ...
If there’s a ‘kill switch’ in the F-35, it’s as likely to be British as American
There’s a lot of discussion in various Western nations at the moment about the need to become independent of the US arms ...
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'F-35 fighter jets may or may not have a 'kill switch', but buying US weapons is a security risk'
A Danish MP warns against buying F-35s from the US, citing security risks and possible US control, amid growing concerns over ...
The solution to Canada’s F-35 fighter jet dilemma? Buy both American and European aircraft
Canada is legally committed to buy only the first 16 of the 88 F-35s. The rest of the order – or more – could be filled by ...
If there is a ‘kill switch’ in the F-35, it’s as likely to be British as American
There’s a lot of discussion in various Western nations at the moment about the need to become independent of the US arms ...