Thursday, July 28, 2011

Why It Is Dangerous To Sell F-35s To Turkey

NATO: Will Turkey Give Secrets to China and Russia? -- Michael Rubin, Commentary

I’ve written here before about how Turkey surprised the Pentagon by holding war games with the Chinese Air Force. I also raised concern about the Obama administration’s willingness to sell Turkey our next generation F-35 Joint Strike Fighters without so much as reporting to Congress on the possibility the stealth technology upon which U.S. national security will depend might be reverse engineered should Turkey give its new allies China and Iran access to the plane. On this latter issue, the Senate Armed Service Committee is asleep at the switch: All it needs to do is demand the Pentagon report to it about the possibilities and vulnerabilities of the leakage of F-35s technologies should a current or future Turkish government, or rogue individuals within, allow the Iranians or Chinese to access the plane. The Pentagon will not conduct a thorough assessment unless an appropriate committee in Congress mandates it.

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My Comment: The priority is to sell planes .... technology theft and sharing of vital information to our "adversaries" is not the priority for this administration nor the suppliers of this plane.

So .... will Turkey give secrets to China and Russia? The answer is clear .... Duhhhh!!!!

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