Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 months agoIt may provoke Trump, but Canada should cancel the purchase of F-35 fighter jets from the U.S.www.theglobeandmail.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10
arrow-up19arrow-down1external-linkIt may provoke Trump, but Canada should cancel the purchase of F-35 fighter jets from the U.S.www.theglobeandmail.comSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squareZer0_F0x@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoThe US can remotely disable them whenever they damn well please anyway, and can not be trusted not to. Everyone should be canceling their orders immediately, and disable the remote access capabilities to the ones they have.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoHas it actually been confirmed they can do this? I would assume they backdoor them, but usually backdoors are secret.
minus-squarewise_pancake@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoNobody should have ever purchased military equipment with that feature.
The US can remotely disable them whenever they damn well please anyway, and can not be trusted not to.
Everyone should be canceling their orders immediately, and disable the remote access capabilities to the ones they have.
Has it actually been confirmed they can do this? I would assume they backdoor them, but usually backdoors are secret.
Nobody should have ever purchased military equipment with that feature.