The Donald Trump administration has cut off vital support for F-16 jamming capabilities.
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AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 1 month ago
I wonder if Ukraine’s European allies (France, the UK, and such) could provide non-US replacements for the EW pods, and whether hacking those into a F-16 would be harder than getting a Soviet-era MiG to fire NATO missiles (which Ukraine successfully did before it got the F-16s). If that would be doable, it’d be cheaper than replacing the F-16s
Quill7513@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
i’m sure they’re already working at it. Ukrainian hardware hackers are also something else, and are currently highly motivated. i don’t think the f-16s are going to be back fully operational immediately, but i think people will be surprised how soon they’re scrambled again