Clinton's Nuclear Legacy - US chips for Chinese Nukes

Newly declassified documents show that President Bill Clinton personally approved the transfer to China of advanced space technology that can be used for nuclear combat. The documents show that in 1996 Clinton approved the export of radiation hardened chip sets to China.

"Waivers may be granted upon a national interest determination," states a Commerce Department document titled "U.S. Sanctions on China."

"The President has approved a series of satellite related waivers in recent months, most recently in November, 1996 for export of radiation hardened chip sets for a Chinese meteorological satellite," noted the Commerce Department documents.

These special computer chips are designed to function while being bombarded by intense radiation. Radiation hardened chips are considered critical for atomic warfare and are required by advanced nuclear tipped missiles.

Judicial Watch obtained the documents through the Freedom of Information Act, a Washington-based political watchdog group.

Several documents were withheld from release by the U.S. Commerce Department for commercial and personal privacy exemptions, but none of the documents were withheld for national security reasons. Judicial Watch is expected to appeal the withholdings.

U.S. intelligence sources stated that the newly released documents illustrate the extent to which the Clinton White House placed trade – and trade with China specifically – above national security.

"In all likelihood we will be glowing in the dark before we discover the true extent of the Clinton decade of betrayal," stated Rick Fisher, Asian Security Fellow at the Center for Security Policy.

"If it was indeed intended for a new PRC weather satellite, then it is possible that it was used for their new polar orbit weather satellites. This is significant because the Chinese themselves acknowledge that their polar orbit weather satellites directly contribute to their long-range missile targeting capability. This becomes even more important for their new smaller but more accurate warheads, used on their new DF-31, DF-31A, DF-5 Mod2 and JL-2 missiles. If they encounter significant weather, warhead accuracy degrades, reducing their utility," stated Fisher.

"Inasmuch as similar U.S. military weather satellites perform the same missions, the Clinton Administration had to have known they were assisting a PLA strategic military capability," concluded Fisher.

In addition, the Chinese military is clearly interested in acquiring advanced radiation hardened computer chips for its strategic nuclear arsenal.

Currently, China has only liquid fueled, long-range missiles, and the majority of them are based inside underground silos. These long-range rockets are reported to be "bore-sighted" – meaning the underground silos are aimed directly at target cities inside the United States.

The Chinese army is now attempting to shift its strategic nuclear arsenal to a solid-fuel "launch on command" capability. These new missiles are rail- and road-mobile and require sophisticated electronic guidance systems to accurately strike their intended targets.

As part of this upgrade, the Chinese army is also modifying its nuclear warhead designs to arm new survivable missiles such as the DF-31 and JL-2. Chinese engineers are planning to equip these new missiles with MIRV technology, allowing each missile to carry multiple nuclear warheads.

Again, the U.S. radiation hardened computer chip technology is a logical addition to the reconfiguration and upgrade of Chinese nuclear weapons.

Another critical element of the Clinton-supplied waiver is the fact that it took place during an investigation of Chinese espionage into missing U.S. radiation hardened satellite chips.

In February 1996, a Chinese Long March rocket carrying a Loral Intelsat satellite failed and crashed on lift-off. The Loral Intelsat payload was badly damaged. The Chinese intended to launch the Loral satellite into deep space as they had been paid to do by Loral CEO Bernard Schwartz.

However, fate took a twisted path, and so did the Chinese rocket. The Long March rocket failed on launch and crashed into a nearby Chinese village, killing over 200 innocent civilians. The failure of the Long March allowed the U.S. to recover the sealed satellite guidance box, which revealed the control board of radiation-hardened chips was missing.

The missing board from the Loral Intelsat satellite is no mystery. It quickly became obvious that Chinese engineers removed the special electronics and kept the board for examination. The stolen Loral electronics consist of radiation hardened, encrypted telemetry chips, stored in a secure flight control box similar to those found on airliners. The NSA changed all U.S. satellite codes as a result of the stolen Loral chips, costing American taxpayers millions of dollars.

Another factor involved in the November 1996 waiver issued by then-President Clinton is the fact that illegal money entered the U.S. elections from the Chinese army. The money was donated to the DNC from a variety of sources including convicted Chinagate figures John Huang, Charlie "Yah-Lin" Trie and Johnny Chung.

The 1996 Clinton-Gore campaign readily accepted much of the money from the Chinese army sources without question, and in some cases took these donations in cash. The allegations of Chinese espionage and illegal campaign donations were never investigated properly.

The successful effort by China to obtain U.S. microchip technology included espionage, sabotage and perhaps bribery. The red intelligence windfall freed the Chinese army to more accurately target American cities with atomic weapons using advanced U.S technology.

The legacy that President Clinton left for the 21st century is a modern Chinese army equipped for global nuclear war.

So, it is not unreasonable to think that these chips will be used in foreign GPS satellites?

Nope, not at all-but everybody makes rad-hard chips, not just the US.

Kill or DISABLE?

There is no significant difference.

I believe that if those satellites can be turned off, jammed, or otherwise scrambled, that the CHINESE have the best shot at it. How much of the GPS technology did Clinton give to the CHINESE?

Why is it that everyone thinks that the DoD doesn't understand things like compromised key lists and such?

Why do they assume, in other words, that the professional space warriors are dumber than a box of rocks?

I don't know and I would venture neither do you.

You venture incorrectly.

Do our GPS satellites have self-destruct capabilities, should they lose orbit and need to be destroyed?

If they come out of orbit, they get destroyed on reentry into the Earth's atmosphere. No destruct capability needed.

The precision of GPS coordinates is varied for various uses. Normal precision is what you and I can get. Then there is military precision. This accuracy was available only to the military (and other government agencies like NASA), and yet, Clinton gave away the 'key' to this to the Chinese.

Actually, he didn't; the key to military precision is not in a magic computer chip, it's in a second GPS channel that is encrypted.

Reverse engineering. Now that the Chinese have the chips, they can determine exactly what and how they are 'protected'.

Anybody with a degree in electrical engineering can see how they're protected.

Then, they design an extra protection around these 'hardened chips' that the US ones (already in use, in orbit) do not have.

GPS birds are hardened to the JCS Level One standard, far beyond what these chips are hardened to.

Place the Chinese GPS sats in a different orbit than the US ones.

Doesn't help them a bit.

Play bowling for dollars with a bunch of steel ball bearings. I can think of many ways to destroy or incapacitate them.

And, of course, cripple their own satellites due to a Kesselman Syndrome--which, BTW, is what really killed the Air Force ASAT program.

FIRST, Thank you for bouncing this pig back and forth. I always appreciate your input and discussion.

I was actually shocked to have that second article come out while we were discussing this, as I had heard this was what they were up to, but hadn't found another source for it.

Do you accept the word of the People's Daily as absolute truth?

No. That is why I said Seems this article disagrees with you.

I don't know exactly what level of information you are privy to, but I have a respect for your input on the subject. You are clearly more knowledgeable on this than I am, and that is what is important.

You seem to accept that we are perfectly safe, and yet, I wonder why other countries are going to the expense of putting up their own system.

I am concerned because the only way to beat the US and her friends militarily, is to beat our technology. We don't have the manpower to compete hand to hand. The GPS sats are our Achille's heel. If there is a way to defeat them, someone will find it.

I know, all doom and gloom doesn't help our country. Yet, you seem so Proud and confident in our aging GPS satellites. I just remember that Pride goeth before a fall.

You seem to accept that we are perfectly safe, and yet, I wonder why other countries are going to the expense of putting up their own system.

They are concerned about two words that are seldom mentioned outside of US Space Command briefings: "Selective availability."

We can, at our discretion, degrade GPS service in a specific region to the point of absolute uselessness--except for those who have a current P(Y) code key (namely, the US military).

A lot of nations have become dependent on GPS to enable just-in-time inventory and supply chain visibility (i.e., knowing where everything is and when it will get to where it's needed). They are worried that we can literally pull the plug on their economies. China would be the biggest loser in this scenario.

If we were as dependent on GLONASS (the Russian GPS analogue--not nearly as accurate, even for units with access to the encrypted signal) as the rest of the world is on GPS, you (and I) would be demanding that the US launch a 100% US-operated navigation satellite constellation.

Yet, you seem so Proud and confident in our aging GPS satellites.

The next generation is moving along nicely; and the current generation is getting incremental upgrades with each launch.

Thank you for that information. It settles my mind some, to see other reasons given for the 'state of affairs'. As always, there are posters on FR that have true knowledge of just about every subject discussable. Although it takes time and patience, one can usually get to the 'truth' ,IF that is what one wants. (I say this as I find there are many that do not want the truth, they only want confirmation of what they think is the truth)

Thanks for being so informative and willing to discuss this, and not being patronizing.

It looks like we are ONE STEP AHEAD and I pray to God we stay that way.

Thanks...Pb.

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