Summary
Trump stated that continued U.S. support for Ukraine’s war effort would be contingent on securing access to the country’s rare earth materials.
He argued that the U.S. has contributed more aid than European allies and wants Ukraine to provide rare earth elements in return.
Trump claimed Ukraine is open to a deal, while Ukrainian President Zelenskyy stressed that negotiations about Ukraine must include its government.
Trump also said talks are ongoing to end the war, though no concrete agreements have been reached.
Pretty sure all big US military equipment is backdoored and can be disabled remotely. At the very least it wont run for long or be repairable without the manufacturers help. Its DRM lock in all the way down to the hardware.
I doubt much is. It needs to be repairable in the field, even in conditions that wipe out communication. It can’t phone-home as a requirement, and it can’t be made in a way that you need to send it to an authorized technician to fix. I don’t see any way a robust DRM lock would fly.
The US military literally has non-repairability as a key point of current national security risk. They were actively involved in right to repair stuff because of it. I cant be fucked to find this rn but im sure its not too hard to find.
Yes and no. Some is, yes, but a lot isn’t. After all how do you think ISIS was able to get those black hawks running in the first place?
And if you’ve ever read through leaked training manuals you’d be shocked by how easy it is to get around whatever DRM some stuff has.
Sure, that’s why the Taliban are driving around in hummers
Well yeah, obviously not things like guns, light vehicles etc.
All the tanks, fighting aircraft and advanced weapons systems though? Yeah I wouldn’t trust any of that against the US unless the entire software and hardware stack was source-available.Even then probably not worth it.