Thursday, November 15, 2007

Panel: China's Spying Poses Threat to U.S. Tech Secrets - washingtonpost.com

Panel: China's Spying Poses Threat to U.S. Tech Secrets - washingtonpost.com:
"And the Defense Department may be inadvertently outsourcing the manufacturing of key weapons and military equipment to factories in China."

"...As weaponry gets more and more sophisticated . . . I think we'll find ourselves more vulnerable for parts that are being manufactured by an adversary. It's really something the Pentagon needs to look at seriously," said commission member Bill Reinsch, who is also president of the National Foreign Trade Council, which promotes free trade on behalf of businesses.

"...The report stated that China's military advances "have surprised U.S. defense and intelligence officials, and raised questions about the quality of our assessments of China's military capabilities."

And where does one think they got those technological advances? I can't be the only one not wearing a dunce cap...

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