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Snowden doc leak 'confirms' China stole F-35 data |
2015-01-19 |
The latest round of managed information release by Edward Snowden via Spiegel (one of a series) includes the snippet that Chinese security services copied "terabytes" of data about the aircraft. The release states that the compromised information includes radar systems data, engine schematics, heat contour maps, and designs to cool exhaust gases. The latest leak confirms the scale of the data theft, which emerged in US media such as The Washington Times March 2014. As that report notes, the Defense Science Board at the Pentagon stated that "cyber attacks" had compromised F-35 design information. In 2014, the leak was attributed to Lockheed Martin and was believed to have taken place in 2007 As if we need any more reason to dump this and go make something better |
Posted by:OldSpook |
#4 Oh good, now the Chinese will have the same crappy aircraft as we do. |
Posted by: Chantry 2015-01-19 19:42 |
#3 As if we need any more reason to dump this and go make something better Something that would even work would be nice. |
Posted by: gorb 2015-01-19 16:13 |
#2 I love that theory SteveS, unfortunately I cannot bring myself to believe that the bozos in and around government: A. Are smart enough to think of this; B. disciplined enough to pull it off without leaking like a sieve; C. Think that tricking or harming China in anyway is a good thing. Other than that................ |
Posted by: AlanC 2015-01-19 15:24 |
#1 Conspiracy theorists believe that allowing the Chinese to 'steal' the design docs is the final step in a deep conspiracy to sap and impurify Chinese aviation by tricking them into building the F-35. |
Posted by: SteveS 2015-01-19 15:01 |