The saga returns.
U.S. Refuses to Hand Over Fighter Source Code to UK
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| "The UK is heavily involved in the JSF (Joint Strike Fighter program)
| but has recently considered abandoning the project because the US
| refuses to share the source code. The UK had intended to purchase
| $120 billion dollars worth of aircraft to operate on two new
| aircraft carriers, but is now seriously considering Plan 'B'.
| This is likely to be further investments in the Eurofighter
| Typhoon project.
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http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/12/10/0151206&from=rss
What does the US government hide so religiously? Like Microsoft's hiding of
its software's back doors... is it worth $120 billion dollars to keep off
sight? Not even the EU's fines were that steep.
Context:
Britain warns US over jet software codes
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| The UK has warned America that it will cancel its £12bn order for
| the Joint Strike Fighter if the US does not hand over full access
| to the computer software code that controls the jets.
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http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2152035/joint-strike-fighter
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