Next Big Future: US Congressional report warns that China is getting even better at stealing US military technology and secrets
US intelligence agencies determined that several years ago China stole secrets relating to the F-35 jet fighter from a US contractor. The design secrets were detected in China’s new J-20 stealth fighter and the J-31.
The stolen secrets included details of the F-35’s electro-optical targeting system, radar-absorbing coatings and engine nozzles.
Taiwan remains a major spying target of China and, since 2002, 56 Chinese agents have been arrested there after being caught obtaining sensitive information, including about US technology shared with Taipei.
“In recent years, Chinese agents have extracted data on some of the most advanced weapons and weapons systems in the US arsenal, such as jet fighters and unmanned submersible vehicles,” states the annual report of the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, released on November 16.
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WNU Editor: If I was 25 years old .... my occupation/business will be cyber-security .... because it is clear that no one in the U.S. government is doing a good job at stopping it.
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