[That said, I’m less worried about Chinese intelligence, than I am about the abuses of our own Deep State.]
I worry about the effects of having Chinese gear in our communications backbone, because we will be fighting a war with them sooner rather than later. I’d hate to have us unable to respond to a Chinese nuclear first strike because our sensors can’t get through to the people manning our ABM systems or the nuclear triad. The Deep State can be taken down by legal and political means. In an age where China possesses MIRV’ed nuclear warheads and both ICBM’s and SLBM’s, having our communications cut off in wartime could mean our physical extinction.
*** we will be fighting a war with them sooner rather than later.***
I think the likes of Pompeo and Bolton are more eager for war with China than China is eager for a confrontation with the USA.