CriticalThought
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I was on the F-16 for five yrs -- MacDill AFB. Tampa, Florida.
No internal jammers, kill switches, back doors, self destruct, or any such nonsense on foreign sales F-16s.
There is nothing I or General Dynamics or Boeing can say that will convince you otherwise -- if you are already inclined to believe that there are such things installed. No reason or logic will suffice.
But what you can tell us is this. What would happen if a PAF F-16 attempted to intercept a US F-16 in anger and engaged in a dogfight? What would be the outcome of that fight? And what measures would the US take to prepare for the next fight? Are you telling us that the US is supplying state of the art weaponry that could one day attack it?
I happen to work with systems that are literally running the modern world. And I can tell you, there is no such thing as a bug free system. Knowing such defects can give the side an unfair advantage, to the extent of putting equipment out of commission. Are you telling us that the highly complex machine that is F-16 Fighting Falcon is absolutely free of bugs that were discovered after it was delivered to Pakistan?
And then we have facebook. Oh yes, Facebook, Facebook, Facebook. And of course Google, Microsoft etc. Knowingly putting backdoors is now a regular theme in Hollywood movies. Mr. Snowden has forever tarnished American reputation when it comes to honesty and reliability of electronic equipment.
Of course you would give us the official spiel. But these days, people simply know better.
so lets stop harping on the F-16s then.
Hey, I am not harping. I didn't post OP. I simply answered the person's question.