‘There is no kill switch’: Pentagon denies F-35 rumours as calls grow to ditch US defence products

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Source: US Air Force

With allied governments and industrial competitors now openly discussing possible cancellation of orders for the American stealth fighter, the Pentagon’s F-35 office is officially denying unsubstantiated rumours it can remotely disable the jets of overseas operators.

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