A widespread concern is what would happen to Dutch weapon systems if the Americans were to withdraw completely as an ally. For example, Dutch F-35 aircraft are dependent on American software updates. Yet, Tuinman isn’t particularly worried about this.

“The F-35 is truly a shared product. The British make the Rolls-Royce engines, and the Americans simply need them too.” And even if this mutual dependency doesn’t result in software updates, the F-35, in its current state, is still a better aircraft than other types of fighters.

If you still want to upgrade despite everything, I’m going to say something I should never say, but I will anyway: you can jailbreak an F-35 just like an iPhone. (Crack it with your own software, ed.)

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    3 hours ago

    It is a long standing rumour. Not just in these in a lot of their gear. I believe it.

    It’s also rumoured, going way back over 20 years, that the us has kill switches in a majority of the world’s computers.

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      43 minutes ago

      Meh, they are whores but they dont produce shit. They get your information through invasive NSA actions and capitalist acumbaggery.

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      2 hours ago

      I remember working with an old dude 10 years ago who pointed at the CPU in a computer and said “the government can turn that off whenever they want”. He died of COVID so take his quote with what value you want.