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.
The kill switches are fine so long as the seller remains stable and predictable.
Ok. Kill switches should be in the hands of the buyers though and disabled from the seller.