Illegal export of sensitive military technologies to China enables theft of underwater warfare capability
Jun 22nd, 2021
The Chinese navy already is larger than the U.S. Navy in terms of raw ship numbers, and the Americans’ qualitative edge is narrowing each year.
China Steal Undersea 22 June 2021
WASHINGTON – In late April, Massachusetts-based businessman Qin Shuren became the latest person to plead guilty in the Justice Department’s crackdown on the illegal export of strategic technologies. American Military News reports. Continue reading original article
The Military & Aerospace Electronics take:
22 June 2021 -- Qin’s company, LinkOcean Technologies, falsified documentation to send a Chinese military-affiliated university some $100,000 worth of equipment built with military technologies, including hydrophones, sonobuoys, side-scan sonars, and even an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). The case is just one part of a long trail of open-source evidence that illustrates a larger issue: U.S. technology being used to advance Chinese military ends.
https://www.militaryaerospace.com/defense-executive/article/14205574/illegal-export-military-technologies-china
