Posted on 10/19/2022 2:36:47 PM PDT by elpadre
Classified US software is helping China get an edge over the former in the hypersonic weapons race, despite tight export controls on such technology.
The Washington Post reported this week that blacklisted Chinese military research groups have been purchasing US software designed for computer simulations of hypersonic weapons tests. It uncovered 300 sales since 2019 of advanced software products from nearly 50 US firms to Chinese research groups involved in missile development programs.
The report claims that US firms have received millions of dollars in funding from the Pentagon and circumvented US export controls by selling to Chinese private middlemen distributors. Although the US has strict export controls on such sensitive technology, The Washington Post claims that US firms have turned a blind eye to private Chinese firms.
The report says that US exporters are responsible under US Commerce Department guidance to determine if their distributor sells to a restricted party or for prohibited uses. “What we’ve always told companies is you cannot self-blind,” said Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration Matthew Borman to the Washington Post.
Computer simulation is critical in designing hypersonic weapons and identifying design errors before wind tunnel testing and live fire tests. At hypersonic speeds, air exhibits complex characteristics, requiring specialized aeronautical engineering software to simulate. These computer simulations allow China to advance its hypersonic weapons program while avoiding the US “test often, fail fast and learn” approach.
The Washington Post claims that the Chinese Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics (CAAA) used US simulation software to develop the hypersonic glide vehicle used in China’s August 2021 hypersonic glide vehicle test (HGV), wherein it circled the globe before crashing into its target. General Mark Milley, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, described the test as a “Sputnik moment,” reflecting the surprise China’s ........
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“..The Washington Post claims that the Chinese Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics (CAAA) used US simulation software to develop the hypersonic glide vehicle used in China’s August 2021 hypersonic glide vehicle test (HGV), wherein it circled the globe before crashing into its target. General Mark Milley, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, described the test as a “Sputnik moment,” reflecting the surprise China’s hypersonic missile test caused throughout the US defense establishment...”
This is what you get when you outsource your ability to send men into outer space.
NASA, hello?!?
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50 Firms. Name them. It’s time they got a taste of what they’ve been dealing out. Out them as traitors.
bkmk
Larry Fink (BlackRock), Bribes for Biden (from China), Mitch (and wife),....
Chinese espionage has infiltrated every advanced industrial, governmental, financial, military, et al program (including the Pentagon and Congress) we have.
They should be indicted and imprisoned.
Yes, name them. Indict the individuals responsible. Try them. Those that a guilty are hanged.
US politicians put personal profit over US security all the time.
But the Free Market…
A sorry disgusting incompetent writer.
Mentions only one guilty company by name.
All should be listed. We may not have the power to black list their sales, but we can and should avoid purchasing their securities.
Ya don’t need to go to war if you can just buy it all.
Elite capture.
Run the scientific research
Buy the tech
Buy the land
Why fight?
Treason.
They zapped the Rosenbergs for pretty much the same thing.
Whatta laff.
Most of those companies are staffed by Chinese “Americans” and assorted other Asians.
They all have family back home. They have handlers here who routinely monitor and harangue them, including threats.
Applied Math PhD co-worker told me about being invited to a “party” back in the ‘90s which turned out to be a self criticism circle run by a CCP overseer. Said he never went back, but lotta people he knew showed up regularly. They got family, yuh know?
Feds do nada. Sit on hands, don’t wanna ruffle no feathers.
They probably all consult on using the code.
And our FBI goes after women who debate at school board meetings.
Don’t forget the White House.
Wall Street dictates that US companies put profit above all else. After all. they’re public companies supported by shareholders. The total lack of loyalty of US companies toward their employees(no job security) forced me to work and live my entire professional career abroad. I never betrayed my country. but when the chips were down I maintained my loyalty toward my foreign employer. Loyalty begets loyalty. The only time I was laid off was in America. Even if my foreign employer was in competition with an American company I remained loyal to my employer. Any inventions, publications or patents became property of the foreign employer.
This crap’s been going on at least since Clinton sold MIRV technology for a cash on the barrel head “Campaign contribution.” Loral Space was the culprit.
Very likely there's not one natural born U.S. citizen in the companies.
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