Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to European Federalists@lemmy.world · 14 days agoPortugal has cancelled the order for F-35s from the USlemmy.caimagemessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up15arrow-down1imagePortugal has cancelled the order for F-35s from the USlemmy.caSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to European Federalists@lemmy.world · 14 days agomessage-square7fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTarqon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 days agoA lot of people don’t know you literally can’t fly your F35s without the American’s permission. They hold the encryption keys you need to load a mission plan into the plane’s computers, which is done by American personnel deployed with the aircraft.
A lot of people don’t know you literally can’t fly your F35s without the American’s permission. They hold the encryption keys you need to load a mission plan into the plane’s computers, which is done by American personnel deployed with the aircraft.