The 🇬🇧F35 that dropped off @HMSQNLZ & into the Mediterranean 2 weeks ago has yet to be retrieved but experts know where it is, National Security Adviser tells @CommonsDefence. Stephen Lovegrove admits protecting jet from spying eyes of adversaries like Russia is "top of our mind"
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NSA on #F35: "Clearly the swift recovery of the aircraft is what we would like to do. We are working closely with allies on the mechanics of that. But I can’t go into too much detail for reasons of operational security. We haven’t got the plane up yet."
NSA on #F35: "Clearly the swift recovery of the aircraft is what we would like to do. We are working closely with allies on the mechanics of that. But I can’t go into too much detail for reasons of operational security. We haven’t got the plane up yet."
On Russian spy threat to sunken #F35, NSA says: "The kind of precautions & operations we're undertaking...are designed at least in part to ensure the technology of the F35 remains as confidential as you'd like it to be though security aspects are very much at the top of our mind"
Asked if the @DefenceHQ at least knows where the £100 million #F35 stealth jet is in the Mediterranean, National Security Adviser (NSA) Sir Stephen Lovegrove says: "My understanding is that the experts know where the aircraft is"
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