According to a previously undisclosed section of a confidential report prepared for Pentagon leaders by the Defense Science Board, the Chinese have obtained detailed plans for the advanced Patriot missile system, the Navy's Aegis ballistic missile defense system, the F/A-18 fighter jet, the V-22 Osprey, the Black Hawk helicopter and the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.The entrepreneurial spirit of America has been a large factor in our military success and the speed with which we have achieved advanced technology. Man's imagination and ingenuity have had room to flourish and our patent system has rewarded hard work with success. Staying several steps ahead of our enemies has been crucial to maintaining our dominant--and therefore secure-- place in an often tense and dangerous world. Losing that edge, particularly in our already weakened state, both militarily and economically, can only spell future disaster.
"This is billions of dollars of combat advantage for China," a senior military official not authorized to speak on the record told Post reporters. "They've just saved themselves 25 years of research and development."Anyone supposing that China has no ambitions outside of economic growth has not been watching closely enough. The Chinese have made very clear their intentions to become a world super power. In November of 2010, a Chinese submarine launched a missile off the coast of southern California. The missile had no intended physical target, instead it was a message to the United States government. It was an aggressive act that signaled a growing audacity and held a warning for the future.
Despite the clear threat posed by China, Americans seems to prefer to ignore the fact that our largest trading partner might be our greatest enemy. Also hitting the press today was an article in the Wall Street Journal reporting that, Smithfield, "the world's largest hog farmer and pork processor" may be bought by a Chinese company.
China's largest meat processor struck a surprise $4.7 billion agreement to acquire Smithfield Foods Inc., a deal that would mark the biggest Chinese takeover of an American company and underscores the Asian nation's renewed determination to scoop up overseas assets.The deal has not been sealed, "in addition to political concerns and fears surrounding Chinese food safety, a rival offer could surface" nevertheless, in light of China's aggressive behavior, this is far from reassuring.
IBD closed their piece on Chinese hacking with a warning,
It is time to realize Beijing is not our friend but our mortal enemy with great ambitions and now perhaps U.S. technology to make them happen.Read both these articles in their entirety:
