Posted on 05/04/2021 4:45:36 AM PDT by PIF
Technical drawings alleged to have been exported (by Honeywell) to China, among other countries, covered components used on various military aircraft, and more.
That document includes the following list of impacted platforms, with a caveat that this was only some of the examples, rather than a full accounting:
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
B-1B Lancer Long-Range Strategic Bomber
F-22 Fighter Aircraft
C-130 Military Transport Aircraft
A-7H Corsair Aircraft
A-10 Aircraft
Apache Longbow Helicopter
M1A1 Abrams Tank
Tactical Tomahawk Missile
T55 Turboshaft Engine
(Excerpt) Read more at thedrive.com ...
"Xi, old buddy, ol' pal, together we will make China great again.....as long as the checks clear."
But this was many people (or someone very high up), as even mid-level people don't get cross-over clearance for multiple programs.
Fines are one thing. But will they be barred from participating in classified contracts in the future for some period of time? ie. no DD-254 work for them...???
A fine? Someone should be spending their life in prison
“ All of these alleged exports had to do with drawings that “contained engineering prints showing layouts, dimensions, and geometries for manufacturing castings and finished parts for multiple aircraft, military electronics, and gas turbine engines” used on various aircraft and ground vehicles. The documents were shared via DEXcenter, “a file exchange platform” that the Honeywell employees in question typically use to “transfer drawings to suppliers.”
That document includes the following list of impacted platforms, with a caveat that this was only some of the examples, rather than a full accounting:
Why are people responsible for that not jailed for a longtime and/or executed? In many cases, it’s not the ability to use the equipment or even to build the equipment (even the ones with sensitive technologies). It’s the many years and many dollars of R&D, and the trial and error process, that is key. If China gets sensitive information on the Raptor or JSF it doesn’t mean they will build something truly analogous. No. But it does mean that they cut years off R&D, and start off knowing what works.
Case in point - when Toshiba sold high performance metal milling equipment to the Soviets in the 80s that enabled the USSR to jump a generation of evolution in submarine quieting (due to quieter propellers). It’s not that the Soviets didn’t know how to do it, it’s that they didn’t have the equipment to do so plus it saved them a lot of time/years they would have taken to get there.
OMG, that’s a keeper!
Fined? How about individuals being indicted?
Eh, just 10% for the big guy and all is forgiven.
Surprised it was not in the NYT, or WaPo, or LAT.
Fined? How about individuals being indicted?
How about skipping the indictment and executing them. Want to do business with the commies, we will show what happens to those in commie land who do what you did...bang, bill bullet to family.
This doesn’t end until each of these incidences are treated as treason - with mandatory life sentences without parole.
Telling you all right now, this country needs to seriously start prosecuting individuals in this country for treason and treasonous acts. If this country did so and then followed each guilty sentence up with a death by firing squad, it would cut out nearly all this BS, bet.
All of the sudden CHINA is the supplier of all US military hardware?
Must be Hunter's bribe check cleared.
The only good thing is, Chinese engineering! Sure, they steal the plans but their development of the science usually fails; the one silver lining.
Pretty soon we'll be totally dependent on Russia for energy, what could go wrong?
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