China Is Capable Of Jamming U.S. Military Data Networks

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Chinese Military Capable Of Jamming U.S. Communications System -- Washington Free Beacon

U.S. spy’s secrets assist Chinese electronic warfare against U.S. military data links

China’s military is using stolen U.S. military secrets obtained from a convicted spy to defeat a high-technology communications system used in joint warfighting, combined arms warfare, and missile defenses, according to U.S. officials.

The disclosure that China has the capability of jamming the Joint Tactical Information Distribution System, or JTIDS, was revealed in a Chinese military technical article published in July.

JTIDS is part of a group of military communications systems called Link 16 that gives U.S. military forces jam-resistant communications, a key strategic advantage used in joint warfighting, a specialty of the American military.

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My Comment:The person who sold these U.S. communications secrets to China only got 4 and a half years in prison for his crime. He should have got 45 years.