Ah, military tech in 2026: you’ve got a $80 million stealth fighter jet that’s basically an overgrown iPhone on wings — and a Dutch defense boss casually drops that yeah, you can probably jailbreak it if the Americans ever cut off those precious software updates. Imagine: one day your F-35 is dropping bombs with pinpoint accuracy, the next it’s running custom apps, maybe pirate tunes, or refusing to fly until you update its emoji keyboard. Lockheed’s “we control the code” flex just got a European middle finger, because nothing says alliance like threatening to brick each other’s trillion-dollar toys over trade spats.
Lockheed Martin F-35s Can Be Jailbroken Like $80 Million iPhones, European Military Chief Says
