Military Parts Probe

[Will E Worm]

U.S. Senators Accuse Chinese Regime for Hampering Military Parts Probe

The United States Senate Armed Services Committee wants to conduct independent investigations in China. That’s after a 2010 report revealed that counterfeit electronics are being found in the U.S. military’s supply chain. The Chinese regime has so far declined to issue visas to U.S. investigators to travel to the mainland.

Democratic Senator, and Chairman of the Armed Service Committee Carl Levin expressed his disappointed at the Chinese regime’s response. The most senior Republican on the panel, John McCain says an investigation into counterfeit electronics is also in the interest of China.

The allegations surfaced last year in a report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office. Levin says U.S. companies have pointed out the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen as the source of fake electronic parts.

In a press conference this week, the Senators said that investigators had traveled to Hong Kong. They were hoping to get visas to travel to the mainland to carry out an unrestricted investigation. But the Chinese regime rejected that request, stating that Chinese officials would have to be present during any interviews. The U.S. senators say that’s a “non-starter.”

The 2010 U.S. government report says counterfeit electronic parts had “infiltrated” the Pentagon’s supply chain. These include microprocessors for the F-15 fighter jet and microcircuits for U.S. Missile Defense Agency hardware.

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Another country making your military parts is a bad idea.

 

[Rey C.]

Another country making your military parts is a bad idea.

Yes. Yes, it is. Especially when that other country is anything BUT a friend or an ally (not that I believe in the concept of countries being "friends" of one another anyway). But, that's some more of the "free market, global economy, New World Order" foolishness, that was supposed to be a blessing for the American people.

For all we know, these electronic devices have deeply embedded codes that prevent our hardware from being used against certain other countries (we implant that in some of the military aircaft that we sell... why wouldn't others?). And from the looks of it, there's nothing we can do about it - other than mandate that components that are to be used in sensitive military applications MUST BE PRODUCED IN THE UNITED STATES. But as soon as you propose that, some Club for Growth type will squeal like a pig that you're just trying to support unions and kill foreign trade.