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Offline Elderberry

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US DOI abruptly grounds all China-made drones over spying concerns
« on: October 31, 2019, 11:37:55 pm »
American Military News by Ryan Morgan 10/31/2019

Drones have helped the Department of the Interior in various tasks, like fighting forest fires, surveying land, monitoring endangered species and inspecting infrastructure; now the department worries those drones present a risk of Chinese spying.

Interior Secretary David Bernhardt issued the decision on Wednesday to ground the Interior Department’s survey drone fleet, the Wall Street Journal reported. The entirety of the department’s fleet of more than 800 drones either contain Chinese components or were manufactured entirely in China.

Officials at the Interior Department are reportedly concerned by the risk of their drones relaying sensitive information about U.S. infrastructure to the Chinese government, or presenting some other vulnerability to hackers who could launch a cyber attack or cause other harm with the drones.

More: https://americanmilitarynews.com/2019/10/us-doi-abruptly-grounds-all-china-made-drones-over-spying-concerns/
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Re: US DOI abruptly grounds all China-made drones over spying concerns
« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2019, 01:29:25 am »
and that is the reason we need to preserve some measure of US manufacturing.
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Re: US DOI abruptly grounds all China-made drones over spying concerns
« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2019, 01:31:10 am »
Quote from: IsailedawayfromFR on November 01, 2019, 01:29:25 am
and that is the reason we need to preserve some measure of US manufacturing.

But...But...how will the Biden's make money from the ChiComs?
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