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[–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 110 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

He's just saying the quiet part out loud though. This was always the rule.

[–] SatanClaus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 2 weeks ago

Yes. Now we need to convince his followers he does this with everything so they stop insisting he means XYZ instead of what he said. We are doomed.

[–] Chocrates@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Right? I'm sure the CIA has software backdoors in there for just the same event.

I'm sure if our former allies were smart or able to, they would look for and clean those

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So once it stops phoning home then the backup backdoor is used to disable the jet in some way? Is that too paranoid?

[–] Chocrates@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

I'm just theory crafting. They could do a lot of things. They could have a throttle governor that prevents it from getting top speed, or a delay on firing by a few milliseconds or whatever

[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

By the time we're selling this jet for export, we'll be flying the next jet in public and the one after that out at Groom Lake.

Not everything gets tested at Groom Lake. There's also the Lakehurst skunk works.

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 43 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Planning to backstab your friends means you aren't a very good friend.

Expecting your friends to backstab you means you know you aren't a good friend.

[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 39 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

With Boeing making this jet I don't think it's going to be an issue.

[–] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 13 points 2 weeks ago

In this context, toned down means the hatches are ripped out pre flight.

[–] rigatti@lemmy.world 32 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It's impossible to tell if he actually said this or not.

[–] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 58 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] androidul@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 weeks ago

uuu someone is using Leta

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 5 points 2 weeks ago

Hard to blame you considering the dystopian waking nightmare we live in.

[–] TomMasz@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago

To be honest, they're not really our allies now. He's made sure of that.

[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Russia, North Korea... the usual.

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

This isn’t new. If a foreign country buys F35s they can only buy certain spare parts from the US.

[–] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 weeks ago

Did they brag about it to 8 billion people?

[–] biscuitswalrus@aussie.zone 6 points 2 weeks ago

My caption to this could have been "A self fulfilling prophecy".