The U.S. has capitulated to UAE demands for F-16 software source codes, as reported by several media sources.
Source codes are the computer programs that run all of the plane's electronic systems.
There is a growing realization in the U.S. that this is in their best interest, especially when the French are killing themselves to have the UAE go along with them. This surrender to UAE's demands for source codes occurs while Congress is clamoring about the national security implications of stolen nuclear secrets. Yet, no one seems concerned that some of our most advanced conventional weapons technology is for sale. The irony is that conventional weapons are much more likely to be used against the U.S. and its allies than nuclear weapons. Countries receiving U.S. weapons are forbidden to resell the arms they buy, but the U.S. only does a meager job of tracking the end use of its conventional weapons exports.