Rampant Counterfeit Tech Threatens The Lives Of US Military Members

[xchrom]

http://www.businessinsider.com/technology-is-a-huge-national-security-threat-2013-8



There will likely be casualties among U.S. servicemembers as a result of counterfeit technology in military vehicles and weapons systems, according to a scathing new op/ed from Jim Burger and Kimberly Heifetz in Defense One:

Sometime in the not-to-distant future, a submarine will sink. An air defense missile will detonate far from its intended target. A Seahawk helicopter will intercept a suicide speed boat headed for an aircraft carrier only to see its infrared targeting system goes dark.

This as a result of glaring deficiencies and vulnerabilities in the military technology apparatus, deficiencies that Defense One and others report are not really being addressed.

The Defense One report largely centers around counterfeit semiconductors, often from China, that are sold to U.S. military contractors to meet the massive demand for technology in American submarines, missiles, or 5th generation fighters.



Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/technology-is-a-huge-national-security-threat-2013-8#ixzz2bYvTq4oZ

[RC]

1. The answer is obvious.

Stop all of our wars and terrorist attacks on other people. Bring our troops home.

[xchrom]

2. +1

[hobbit709]

3. Any military that depends on outsourced components for its hardware is in trouble.

That's not even counting the fact that they are in countries where we don't belong.

[Junkdrawer]

4. So you all but openly declare China and Russia as your next Enemy, then....

you buy your ultra-sophisticated weapons parts from them.

What could go wrong?

Empire. Collapse.

[xchrom]

5. yeah -- it kinda sticks out like a sore thumb, doesn't it? nt