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Portugal has cancelled the order for F-35s from the US (lemmy.ca)

submitted 23 hours ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/europeanfederalists@lemmy.world

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[–] Tarqon@lemmy.world 27 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

A lot of people don't know you literally can't fly your F35s without the American's permission. They hold the encryption keys you need to load a mission plan into the plane's computers, which is done by American personnel deployed with the aircraft.

[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 hours ago

Hey you allegedly have a 30 days grace period after logging in. Doesn't apply to weapons systems though