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China compromised F-35 subcontractor and forced expensive software system rewrite, academic tells MPs

Alan Brown Silver badge

Re: Now I read

"Sacrificing a $35M unmanned aircraft to take out a $70M fighter is probably a victory of sorts."

You can buy an awful lot of $700-1200 drones for $35million. This is a scenario raised by at least one military planner

can you shoot down 1000-10,000 semi-autonomous drones swarming the approach path to a carrier? or attempting to take out your radar systems with simple thermite loads?

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