When Trump say he has shut down the millitary support to Ukraine, all the Ukraine weapon which come from US lost the AUTO and cannot connet to GPS in M code.
Same with F-35, if US decide to cut off the support, the fighter will turn to a normal aircraft , still can fly, but impossible to use as a king card. The only is Isreal, because F35I has total capbility and do not depend on NATO datalink.
That is what i heard, is it true? Seen like every military supplier should do same thing. Why not?
The key issue is not the platform, but operational sovereignty. Ultimately, it does not matter whether the aircraft originally comes from the United States or Europe – what matters is who controls the software, data links, mission profiles, threat libraries and electronic warfare.
This is precisely why Turkey has developed its own tactical data link system, T-Link (LOS & BLOS), which operates independently of Link 16/22. It is part of a national C4ISR network with its own encryption, SATCOM and sensor fusion. Very few countries in the world can truly operate such a system independently (the United States, Israel, China, Russia, the United Kingdom and France). Turkey is clearly moving in this direction – but at the same time remains NATO-compatible by operating both systems in parallel.
The F-16 ÖZGÜR II is the first practical implementation of this: proprietary mission hard & software, own AESA Radar, proprietary OFP, Turkish IFF, national EW/ECM profiles and Pods, integration of Turkish weaponry, full integration into T-Link.
This is the real breakthrough – proof that Western platforms can be "decoupled" operationally.
Therefore, the next logical step is a Eurofighter Tranche 4/5 under similar conditions: Turkish IFF, own mission and threat data, national EW/ECM, Turkish weapons, connection to T-Link via layer.
Technically, everything is feasible – politically, you don't even need source code access, just the interfaces of the main computer. Without real operational control, the Eurofighter would be strategically worthless for Turkey.
The F-35 would be – if it ever comes to that – primarily a NATO tool for joint operations. It does little for national sovereignty; the system is too closed for that. In this case, it serves more as a reference platform and benchmark.
The Eurofighter and F-35 are thus primarily benchmarks for the KAAN.
The latter is being developed in blocks, measured against Western standards – but under full national control. And that is precisely the point.
The F-35 is a tool within the Turkish system and not a core capability.
