oboh c:

I guess this report was done by the CIA, the Chinese and the Russians are communist, so they are secretive. they are not as loud as the USA, so don't believe this bull shit on the net put their by the USA purely for propaganda. most of the defense equipment of the USA are now made in China, Heheheehehehehehehe.hope you aware that the Chinese own one of the biggest naval base in the very soil of USA. stop believe the american media hype. do your own studies.

There are way too many teenage illiterates on this thread.

American Military hardware is made in the United States. This should be common sense. Do you understand the concept of National Security?

The Soviet Union used to be on par with the United States. The two of them fought a "cold war" that destabilized half the nations on the planet and that saw both countries put men in space.

In 2013, the US is the worlds richest, and most powerful nation. While Russia (the collapsed remains of the Soviet Union) is a "developing economy" alongside Nigeria.

So tell me who won? I'll wait.

China is not a threat to the US at present. It could be in 20 years, but today it is irrelevant. If you think China is hiding some super secret weapons, what do you think the US is hiding with 7x the military budget?

Michaeljones36:

There are way too many teenage illiterates on this thread.

American Military hardware is made in the United States. This should be common sense. Do you understand the concept of National Security?

The Soviet Union used to be on par with the United States. The two of them fought a "cold war" that destabilized half the nations on the planet and that saw both countries put men in space.

In 2013, the US is the worlds richest, and most powerful nation. While Russia (the collapsed remains of the Soviet Union) is a "developing economy" alongside Nigeria.

So tell me who won? I'll wait.

China is not a threat to the US at present. It could be in 20 years, but today it is irrelevant. If you think China is hiding some super secret weapons, what do you think the US is hiding with 7x the military budget?

I feel honored you call me a teenager,but at least I know very well that the biggest naval base in USA is own by China.
check to know the base.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqSzLYYXDpY

oooohh by the way when i said the chinese makes the USA defense weapons, this could be a start for you
http://www.madeinamericaproject.com/US-weapons.html

US Weapons Systems

Military Equipment

Defense Materiel

Where is it all made?

US weapons systems, military equipment and defense materiel - where does the manufacturing take place? If we were considering tanks in world war 1, world war two tanks or world war 2 planes the final product manufacturing - as well as the parts for these critical military machines - took place within the United States.

Where is manufacturing for U.S. weapons taking place now?

In it’s 2007 annual report to Congress, The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission gave 42 recommendations to Congress, including the following:

“The Commission recommends that Congress require the Department of Defense to prepare a complete list of the country of origin of each component in every U.S. weapon system to the bottom tier.”

After learning that our own government doesn't seem to know where parts are made even for our most critical weapons systems -we decided to research this issue in more depth.

We looked at all U.S. defense contractors to see what parts were made in the USA.

We could not find any defense contractors that make weapons systems of exclusively U.S. made parts.

And, most of the outsourced parts are made in Communist China!

What if China decided to cut off these parts to the United States?

How relevant would our military be?

Why doesn't our government know where parts are made for U.S. weapons systems?

How did our elected leaders allow this happen?

What do we do if China cuts off U.S. weapons system parts?

And...

WHAT IS CONGRESS GOING TO DO TO ERADICATE THE PROBLEM?

Its so bad, that they now give the USA fake parts. hahahaahahahahahaha, stop kissing the America back side. Check this report.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18155293

China fake parts 'used in US military equipment'

The failure of a single electronic part in any military plane could pose safety and national security risks and imposes higher costs on the Pentagon, the report said
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Vast numbers of counterfeit Chinese electronic parts are being used in US military equipment, a key Senate committee has reported.

A year-long probe found 1,800 cases of fake parts in US military aircraft, the Senate Armed Services Committee said.

More than 70% of an estimated one million suspect parts were traced back to China, the report said.

It blamed weaknesses in the US supply chain, and China's failure to curb the counterfeit market.

The failure of a key part could pose safety and national security risks and lead to higher costs for the Pentagon, the committee said.

US servicemen rely on a variety of "small, incredibly sophisticated electronic components" found in night vision systems, radios and GPS devices and the failure of a single part could put a soldier at risk, the report said.

It highlighted suspect counterfeit parts in SH-60B helicopters used by the Navy, in C-130J and C-27J cargo planes and in the Navy's P-8A Poseidon plane.

After China, the UK and Canada were found to be the next-largest source countries for fake parts.

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Rather than acknowledging the problem and moving aggressively to shut down counterfeiters, the Chinese government has tried to avoid scrutiny”

Report on counterfeit electronic parts
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'Avoiding scrutiny'
The committee criticised China for failing to shut down counterfeit manufacturers and said that committee staff wanting to travel to China for the investigation had not been granted visas.

"Counterfeit electronic parts are sold openly in public markets in China," the report said.

"Rather than acknowledging the problem and moving aggressively to shut down counterfeiters, the Chinese government has tried to avoid scrutiny," it added.

But the report said that use of Department of Defense programmes such as the Government-Industry Data Exchange Program (GIDEP), designed to log suspected fake parts, were "woefully lacking".

Between 2009 and 2010 the GIDEP only received 217 reports relating to suspected fake counterfeit components, the majority of which were filed by just six companies, it said. Only 13 reports came from government agencies.

The report also said that in some cases the US defence department had reimbursed contractors for the costs they incurred as a result of their failure to spot fake components in their own supply chain - giving companies no incentive to weed out counterfeits themselves.

But it praised the National Defense Authorization Act, signed into law on 31 December 2011 by President Barack Obama, which aims to stop counterfeit parts from entering the country and would cut down on sourcing components from unknown suppliers.

The report's focus on China comes as the US is beginning the task of "pivoting" its defence strategy towards the Asia-Pacific region.

The Pentagon is also preparing to absorb about $450bn (£285bn) of cuts over the next decade.

But it could face cutbacks of a further $500bn if mandatory across-the-board spending cuts come into effect at the end of 2012, after Congress failed to reach a deficit reduction plan last year.

oboh c: crazy conspiracy nonsense

There is no naval base in the US owned by China. That is just flat out wrong.

The only support for your claim is a single Youtube clip from a conspiracy nutjob website. You really need to learn how to critically read your sources. Next you'll be telling me about the illuminati and how most famous people are really alien lizards.

While tires for airplanes, and the plastic straps on a soldiers nightvision helmet might be made in China, the important stuff is made in the USA and Europe. The US is not outsourcing the manufacturing of it's missiles, tanks, guns, satellites, airplanes, etc to China. This is the only stuff that matters.

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