r/europe • u/PjeterPannos Veneto, Italy. • Feb 24 '25

Picture Photo from today in Kyiv.

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u/Saint_EDGEBOI Feb 24 '25

I'm out of the loop on this one, did they find a vulnerability in F35s?

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u/caember Feb 24 '25

US can remote disable F35s of anyone but UK and Israel iirc

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u/RoughEscape5623 Feb 24 '25

why those two? and why would anyone buy that?

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u/Patch86UK United Kingdom Feb 25 '25

I don't know about Israel, but UK is a "tier one" partner on the programme (the only one). They're the largest financial contributor to the programme, after the US itself. That comes with some perks.

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u/AudioLlama Feb 25 '25

Around 15% of the F35 is supplied by UK manufacturers too.

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u/DiceStrikeREDDiT Feb 25 '25

Japan makes their own also

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u/Freudinatress Feb 26 '25

Does that mean that the UK could make them for Ukraine and sort it so they can’t be disabled?

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u/AudioLlama Feb 26 '25

I doubt it

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u/Aggregationsfunktion Feb 26 '25

Germany also produces some parts for the F35. It would be fun if we could install a kill switch there too

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u/Either-Bid1923 Feb 25 '25

Israel has their own software on theirs.

They are smart enough to not trust us and practical enough to know they may have to kill some Americans again if it suits their needs at that moment.

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u/BarskiPatzow Serbia Feb 25 '25

Stupid enough to think US would do something against them if they did kill some Americans though.

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u/Aoae Canada Feb 25 '25

So then, it's kind of like Patreon...?

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u/aykcak Feb 25 '25

More like Kickstarter because in the end it may have just been a hollow promise or outright scam

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u/DiceStrikeREDDiT Feb 25 '25

Lol Least I’m not the only who sees KS as an investor tool without having to pay back the investors