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Germany may refuse to purchase American F-35 fighter jets. This is reported by the German tabloid Bild. According to the publication, the reason for Berlin's decision is the presence of a so-called emergency switch in the aircraft's electronic equipment. German officials fear that the United States may at some point deactivate and turn off the exported aircraft anywhere in the world. If we have to worry that the US might do with future German F-35s what it is currently doing with Ukraine, we might consider terminating the treaty. – said Wolfgang Ischinger, former head of the Munich Security Conference, in...