Chinese Counterfeit Parts Widespread In US Military Equipment

Employee Tuan Dang solders parts onto motherboards for SeaMicro Inc. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

Counterfeit Chinese Parts Slipping Into U.S. Military Aircraft: Report -- ABC News

Counterfeit electronic parts from China are "flooding" into critical U.S. military systems, including special operations helicopters and surveillance planes, and are putting the nation's troops at risk, according to a new U.S. Senate committee report.

A year-long investigation conducted by the Senate Armed Services Committee found more than one million suspected counterfeit parts made their way into the Department of Defense's supply chain and were bound for use by "critical" military systems, according to the 70-plus-page document released Monday. In addition to Navy helicopters and surveillance planes, the parts were slated to be put into the Air Force's newest cargo planes.

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Counterfeit Parts Are Flooding The U.S. Military

At risk: Senate Armed Services Committee investigators found suspect electronic parts were installed on the Marines' CH-46 helicopter

Chinese 'Are Flooding Pentagon Supply Chain With Counterfeit Electronic Parts And Putting U.S. Military At Risk' -- Daily Mail

China is dumping counterfeit electronic parts into the Pentagon's supply chain, two senior lawmakers alleged on Monday.

Two Senators, John McCain, Republican-Arizona, and Carl Levin, Democrat-Michigan, said the counterfeits are putting U.S. troops at risk and undercutting the American economy.

One day before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the issue, the Senators offered details of the panel's ongoing investigation.

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Probe traces bogus military parts to China -- Washington Post
Lawmakers: Counterfeit electronics flood Pentagon supply -- USA Today/AP
Report: Bogus U.S. military parts traced to China -- CNN
Phony U.S. military electronics traced to China -- Navy Times
Senators to Take on Counterfeit Electronic Parts in DOD -- ABC News
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Counterfeit Parts Found On Military Aircraft Deployed To Afghanistan -- Business Insider
China rejects U.S. charges of bogus weapons parts -- Reuters