Addressing the F-35’s operational independence from the U.S. amid tensions between Europe and the Trump administration, Secretary Gijs Tuinman made the claim to Dutch radio station BNR Nieuwsradio.
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I’m sure with the level of bad actors and incompetence inside the US military that it’s wildly possible to jailbreak most US equipment given the enemy has the resources—like China.
Edited. It’s totally possible to break the software. To reverse engineer it and make changes that keep it in the air - that’s hard.