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I've seen a few articles now that US fighter jets have kill switches in them, so the US could just render them useless for anyone they've sold them to.

Is this true? It sounds insane to me, I've always assumed that countries that buy these jets have full control over them. It's a gaping hole in your defence if you don't.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago

Any time you give a weapon to somebody, there is at least one of these two things happening if not both;

You are sure this person is your friend and ally and is therefore no threat to you;

You have a better weapon/the full capability to defend against the shared weapon without fear upon sharing it, thus ensuring your superiority in any potential engagement with what was formerly yours.

In this case, both of these were/are true. Quite simply, the US fleet will remain functional in greater numbers for longer even if it is no longer a reliable ally of global freedom, and the pilots have had far more experience in the cockpit of fully functional vehicles to boot. So even in an engagement where the technology is a literal 1:1 match, pilot skill and experience will absolutely make the difference and the US military knows that.