The Ukraine War thread

[AlRums]

Absolutely not.

There is no guarantee of any American equipment working if the American government does not want it to.

I know there was a big thing about the UK demanding F-35 source code as part of the deal - I can't remember how that ended up.
A real possibility that the carriers are fancy helicopter carriers as the aircraft can't do anything.

The Americans didn't allow the passwords to access the software on the Chinooks they supplied back in 1997

MoD in £200m blunder over DIY software for Chinooks

Military chiefs were today accused of a £200million blunder by trying to design software for Chinook helicopters.

www.standard.co.uk

The problem with the F35 is the telemetry all going to the manufacturer, over the air updates failing (oxygen systems failing).

The F35 repairs of a major type are all run by and controlled by America.

It would not at all surprised if the US kept a capability to disable them with a kill switch.

Only Israel has got access to modify the source code to allow Israeli built weapons to integrate. I can only assume this means everyone else is dependent on buying American weapons.

Some countries are refusing to buy unless the source code is made available. Of course we fell for it again.

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

The Americans didn't allow the passwords to access the software on the Chinooks they supplied back in 1997

MoD in £200m blunder over DIY software for Chinooks

Military chiefs were today accused of a £200million blunder by trying to design software for Chinook helicopters.

www.standard.co.uk

The problem with the F35 is the telemetry all going to the manufacturer, over the air updates failing (oxygen systems failing).

The F35 repairs of a major type are all run by and controlled by America.

It would not at all surprised if the US kept a capability to disable them with a kill switch.

Only Israel has got access to modify the source code to allow Israeli built weapons to integrate. I can only assume this means everyone else is dependent on buying American weapons.

Some countries are refusing to buy unless the source code is made available. Of course we fell for it again.

UK government getting bent over a barrel due to nativity and a willingness to sell out our nation to others? Say it isn't so!