The F-35 is entirely dependent on the ALIS system for its maintenance, and on US-based software laboratories for its mission data loads, so that its operation requires secure and high-speed Internet links between its operating bases and the US. (USAF photo)
I was crushed by Justin Trudeau’s election victory, but I agree with cancelling the Canadian F-35 purchase. The RCAF is probably going with Super Hornets instead.
>>The F-35 is entirely dependent on the ALIS system for its maintenance, and on US-based software laboratories for its mission data loads, so that its operation requires secure and high-speed Internet links between its operating bases and the US. (USAF photo) <<
No way can that be hacked! (/sarc)
More proof the flying anvil is useless.
I don’t understand why the Marines want this thing.
Where the hell are the Indian H1Bs who wrote the software?
Make them fix it!
I agree completely with this policy.
Right on, for once.
Now about the rest of the economy, elect Donald Trump to start with. :D
Reminds me of the new Battlestar Galactica, in which the Cylons destroyed the Colonial Fleet by hacking into its integrated network, which controlled most of the Battlestars and the late model Vipers, and shutting it all down.
They didn’t understand this when they bought them?
This article is BS.
They just want access to our secure software and sites
——the F-35 cannot operate unless it is logged into, and cleared by, ALIS.——
So, does ALIS have a lawyer check off box to permit the sortie?
BS
I’d be willing to bet that there are a few spare cables laying around that are dark and not publicized. Even one fiber optic cable (of multiple strands) can carry _lots_ of information. It would really be a crap shoot for the Russians to hope that they would get enough of them to shut down the internet.