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Chinese Air Defense Now Top Notch
Newsmax ^ | February 12, 2008 | Charles R. Smith

Posted on 02/12/2008 11:04:48 AM PST by Fennie

U.S. defense analysts now consider the Chinese air defense network to be the most dangerous system in the world. The Chinese system is considered more dangerous than the formidable Russian system.

The reason for China's great leap forward into first place is due to the wholesale use of U.S. commercial products that make the Chinese air defense network flexible, easy to upgrade, and though to exploit.

The Chinese investment into its air defense network is calculated to be one-tenth the cost of the U.S. expenditures. The low cost is attributed to what one analyst described as "Cisco in Chinese."

Chinese telecom companies run by the People's Liberation Army frequently steal U.S. industrial and military secrets which are then modified into operational systems for the military. This effort began in 1994 during the Clinton administration and was led by Chinese Gen. Ding Henggao.

Ding should receive a medal for being a hero to the Chinese Communist Party because he was able to obtain a vast array of U.S. technology through a good friend inside the Clinton administration -- then Defense Secretary William Perry. The technology included secure fiber-optic communications electronics.

Ding was able to set his wife, Madam General Nie, up as head of a false corporation that obtained advanced U.S. fiber optic systems. Madam Nie's company was staffed entirely by Chinese army officers who specialized in exploiting communications and electronics...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bush; charlesrsmith; chicoms; china; clintoncorruption; clintonlegacy; congress; espionage; exportcontrols; loral; military; nationalsecurity; williamperry
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To: SandRat; river rat; ChinaThreat; TigerLikesRooster; JACKRUSSELL

THANKS, BILL CLINTON!!!/heavy sarcasm


61 posted on 02/12/2008 7:04:57 PM PST by Clintonfatigued (You can't be serious about national security unless you're serious about border security)
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To: Clintonfatigued; Duchess47; jahp; LilAngel; metmom; EggsAckley; Battle Axe; SweetCaroline; ...
MADE IN CHINA POTTERY STAMP

(Please FReepmail me if you would like to be on or off of the list.)
62 posted on 02/12/2008 7:40:37 PM PST by JACKRUSSELL
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To: Fennie

Didn’t China help Iraq repair their air defense network after the first gulf war, with sophisticated fiber optics and all that?


63 posted on 02/12/2008 8:57:22 PM PST by dr_who_2
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To: Fennie

It’s kind of funny that on my screen this post is right below the “Where Did Hilery Get the $5 Million?” post.


64 posted on 02/13/2008 12:25:45 AM PST by fella (Is he al-taquiya or is he murtadd? Only his iman knows for sure.)
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To: Clintonfatigued
We should use Clintons as human shield should hostility breaks out between U.S. and China. Of course, Chinese won’t care, but we should give Clintons their due.
65 posted on 02/13/2008 1:33:59 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster (kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
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To: ketsu

Yeah but I am concerned with the future. We can’t do anything about the silliness of the Bushies. But, we can with the Obamasocialistpacifist campaign.


66 posted on 02/13/2008 12:39:31 PM PST by phillyfanatic ( tH)
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