How can a military buy fighter jets that the seller has kill switches for? - eviltoast

I’ve seen a few articles now that US fighter jets have kill switches in them, so the US could just render them useless for anyone they’ve sold them to.

Is this true? It sounds insane to me, I’ve always assumed that countries that buy these jets have full control over them. It’s a gaping hole in your defence if you don’t.

  • Treczoks@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Especially given how bad the US is with regards to keep backdoors and their keys secret. Just look at what state hackers did with American telco equipment recently.

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      Glowies thought they were so ahead of everybody that they didn’t realize they were leaving back dppr open for anyone to come on and explore

      National security is a tool of oppression of domestic population… They don’t give a fuck to actually provide Amy security v a near peer hostile state

      We pay them good money to oppress us