It may provoke Trump, but Canada should cancel the purchase of F-35 fighter jets from the U.S. - eviltoast
  • Maggoty@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    There’s nothing stopping Canada from getting the manuals and patching the software. Most of the FUD about it’s performance abilities is propaganda. So getting them and just locking out Lockheed and the US would be a pretty good middle finger too.

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      4 days ago

      The performance metrics are criticisize by US military journals.

      There’s nothing stopping Canada from getting the manuals and patching the software.

      If US military can’t get them or patch the software, Canada can’t either. Israel is special for not putting up with US BS.

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        3 days ago

        I haven’t seen that. I’ve only seen blogs saying stuff. And if you have the literal hardware in your hands then changing the software isn’t going to be hard as a country.

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          3 days ago

          8m lines of source code for F35 OS, afaiu. Vendor is intentionally crippling your access/functionality, and USMCA calls that “proper pro business attitude”. Again, Lockheed has accomodated Israel in not crippling their version. It’s not as though you have open source hardware to which to code your own OS ontop.

          Only dumping the POS is appropriate. Call it a negotiation position.

        • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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          18 hours ago

          Ah okay. But that spreads the worry without diluting it. Are the people who didn’t check the box “don’t drown the pilot” on the raptor q/a form also now on the fluffy-Amy team? What kind of drunken shenanigans can we anticipate?