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Ah shucks. I thought they only messed up milk, plastic toys, monks, protesters, US spy planes, candy, dissidents. etc..
Now Chips?
Are you suggesting that we can’t trust products from China?
Military sabotage. What did you expect from the Communists, a real product with no back door?
It would seem things have changed. Duncan Hunter said all this a long time ago and we all knew he was right. We were and still are compromising the “Arsenal of Democracy” as well as our economic security which is essential to national security. If he indeed was, a “protectionist”, as charged; here’s hoping America gets a few more “protectionists” in a hurry. But then, we can always “rescue” the economy by printing money and still sustain the enormous trade deficits and Wall St. trading their bad paper and suspect derivatives. Twenty years from now we will be bailing out the results of another repackaged incarnation of junk bonds. The winners in the glorified pyramid schemes are always the inventors and those few who are first in. The losers are always the last in or the taxpayers, when the government gets involved in the game.
bttt
As long as America continues to see China as an Ally officially rather than an enemy not to be trusted, I can’t say I feel too badly for these idiots that buy their chips for our military equipment. Somethings should never be outsourced period.
Counterfeit Cisco switches/routers from Huawei may fall victim to Cisco exploit
Here is an interesting thought of 'what goes around comes around'. Think back to about March 2003 when Huawei Technologies said in court papers that it used some of Cisco Systems' source code in its routers. Although the Chinese manufacturer said the copying was inadvertent and involved far less code than Cisco claims. Huawei also said the offending code has since been removed.
Cisco sued Huawei in US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas on 23 January, alleging that Huawei violated at least five Cisco patents and copied Cisco's Internetwork Operating System (IOS) source code, using it in the operating system for its Quidway routers and switches. Huawei's system contains text strings, file names and bugs identical to Cisco's source code, Cisco claimed at the time. In Cisco's lawsuit it was also alleged that Huawei copied up to 1.5 million lines of software code.
In its latest court filing, Huawei said an employee inadvertently used about 2 percent of the 1.5 million lines of code inside Huawei's VRP line of routers. Huawei, based in Shenzhen, China, has a wide reach in Asia and recently entered the US market, challenging Cisco on the pricing front. It's now working with Cisco competitor 3Com to deliver new networking gear to businesses.
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This really sucks. I work making computer chips for DOD and have to jump through lots of hoops to do so. The security requirements are pretty intense even for chips that are not particularly unique to the military.
So after they make us do all this the DOD goes out and buys crappy Chinese chips. Un-freaking-believable!
..worshiping at the alter of commerce rather than seeking the nation’s security
REPUBLICANS START PAYING ATTENTION, DAMMIT!!!
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They only pay attention when they are afraid of losing money in their own accounts and stocks.
We need a Revolution before Morning turns to MOURNING.
When is this ever going to stop. Americans have lost all common sense.
I fly United Airlines frequently. Look at this:
United now outsources all of its heavy maintenance of Boeing 747s and 777s to South Korea and China. In the Beijing repair station, only five of 2,179 mechanics are certified by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,246185.shtml