[–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Once this kill switch stuff keeps popping up:

https://theaviationist.com/2025/03/10/f-35-kill-switch-myth/

TL;DR: There is no kill switch per se (as in flip it and brick the thing), but a huge dependency on logistics, services and systems that operators outside the US have no influence over. That in turn will cause the plane - while still flyable - to be grounded over time as it cannot be maintained, rearmed and operated effectively anymore.

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  • [+] -67 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)

    Headline will probably work as well if you just switch positions of "Putin" and "Ukrainians".

    Edit: The words in the headline, you dinguses. Switch the positions of the words and the headline will probably be true just the same way 🤦😄

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    On that note, I told a younger colleague yesterday that I rewatched Stargate (the 1994 movie, which is six years younger than Die Hard) recently, and her reply was "Oh, I thought that was a programme, not a movie".

    FML, makes me feel old.

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    "Otto Frello (6 April 1924 in Ovtrup, near Varde – 24 March 2015) was a Danish painter, graphic artist, cartoonist and illustrator [...]"

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Frello

    More info on the pages of the Varde museum (Google translate link since the English version of the museum gave me trouble on mobile)

    https://vardemuseerne-dk.translate.goog/exhibition/otto-frello-fantastiske-univers/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=de&_x_tr_pto=wapp

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