Cable Forum - View Single Post - UK will be buying the F-35b after all.

**Chris** · 11-05-2012, 07:39

We have already paid a large amount towards the cost of the F35 as a partner nation in its development. That means we have full autonomous access to all its systems, including computer source code, so are able to operate and maintain the aircraft independently of the United States.

It is vanishingly unlikely that the British military would get anywhere near that level of operational control over any Russian military hardware.

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Chris Trollsplatter Cable Forum Team Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,388	Re: UK will be buying the F-35b after all. We have already paid a large amount towards the cost of the F35 as a partner nation in its development. That means we have full autonomous access to all its systems, including computer source code, so are able to operate and maintain the aircraft independently of the United States. It is vanishingly unlikely that the British military would get anywhere near that level of operational control over any Russian military hardware.