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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Anything is possible. I suspect it’s not possible on the level of complexity that the F35 is supposedly at to fully understand the spaghetti code that runs the thing.
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.
UK has the source code as part of their deal
