Why is China Making parts for the American Military?

By: John W. Wallace

Recently, Senators Levin and McCain warned of Counterfeit Electronic Defense Parts being made in China and they called on China to assist in an Investigation, but China has stonewalled their efforts. Gee Really? I thought they are friends. Well maybe not.

I have a better question for the two Senators from the American people. Why the hell is China making parts for our military in the first place? China is not our friend and they are a communist dictatorship.

Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee say it suspects counterfeit electronic parts, made in China, are infiltrating U.S. military weapons systems and they have called on the Chinese government to allow committee staffers into the country to investigate. Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Carl Levin, D-Mich., say it is vitally important to U.S. interests to rid American systems of the parts. I say it is vitally important to U.S. interests to rid our military aircraft and weapons systems of any Chinese-made parts. What the hell is wrong with our elected and appointed officials in our federal government? These counterfeit electronic parts pose a risk to our national security, pose a risk to the reliability of our weapons systems and pose a risk to the safety of our military men and women.

Senator Levin said that many at the Pentagon and within its contractors believe the threat comes from China. Do you really think so Senator? What took you so long?

"In 2010, the U.S. Commerce Department published the results of a survey of almost 400 companies and organizations in the Department of Defense's supply chain," Levin said. "Those surveyed overwhelmingly cited China as the country suspected of being the source of counterfeit electronic parts."

The answer seems simple enough to me. Don't allow any Chinese made parts to be used in any of our military equipment. Don't allow any manufacturers that make parts for our military to use any Chinese-made parts at all.

Senators Levin and McCain complain that China is refusing to work with Senate staffers who are trying to enter China to further investigate the issue. Their offices continue to ask for visas but China has thus far refused them. What a great friend China is to America!

"The U.S. and China are not destined to be adversaries," McCain said. "We have overlapping interests, and this is one of them. It should be in Chinese interests not to have counterfeiting of these electronic parts going on because it would harm legitimate Chinese companies as well."

Wake up senator, the overlapping interest is money and greed on the part of American and Chinese international companies. What about harming members of our military Senator? Who cares what happens to the Chinese companies.

AND IT GETS WORSE!

More recently, the U.S. Department of Defense purchased 59,000 microchips to use in Navy equipment that control everything from missiles to transponders, according to report in Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin. But all of the chips turned out to be cheap knock-offs from China, and they ultimately were not installed, according to military sources. Besides being subject to failure, however, the chips also were designed with a "back door" which would have allowed the chip, and the device it controlled, to be shut down remotely at any time, sources report.

Had the flaw not been detected, the chips could have shut down U.S. warships, aircraft, advanced weapons systems and encoded transponders that distinguish friendly aircraft from hostile attackers. The revelation is only the latest in a series of incidents that have sent off alarm bells in the Pentagon. China previously was found to have been actively pursuing placing back doors in computer equipment as well. Several cases have been uncovered in which Internet-capable devices have had Chinese chips in them which also provided a back door into the networks the devices were supposed to protect. The devices were attached not only to industrial and commercial networks but also to networks that were defined as part of the nation's "critical infrastructure."

The problem is not unique to the U.S. Britain's MI5 accused cyber intelligence agents in China of attacking U.K. businesses with the goal of gaining commercial intelligence. Officers from the People's Liberation Army and the Ministry of Public Security approached U.K. businessmen at trade fairs and exhibitions with the offers of free cameras and memory sticks. But the Chinese "gifts" were found to contain back doors that provide the Chinese with remote access to the business computers.

The Chinese counterfeit parts have been specifically designed with "back door" secret programming in them so these parts wil either malfunction or be controlled by Chinese military should we ever meet in combat situations. The Chinese cannot and should not be trusted.

I'll ask the question again: Why the hell is China making any parts for our military equipment in the first place? They are not our friends. THEY ARE LOOKING TO DESTROY US!

Congress must launch an investigation to identify the idiot(s) and/or traitor(s) who authorized such a foolish and dangerous thing?

Is anyone in Washington concerned about our national security, or is it just a group of very rich traitors looking to make a lot of money at the expense of our national security and the safety of our military personnel?

I guess we will have to follow the money to find out.

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