Is China Trying To Acquire U.S. Secrets On Military Jet Engines And Drones?

A MQ-9 Reaper flies above Creech Air Force Base, Nev., during a local training mission. Pic: Wikipedia

Sophia Yan, CNN: Why China wants U.S. military jet engines

China appears to be going to great lengths to get its hands on high-tech U.S. jet engines to beef up its military capabilities.

On Thursday, a woman named Wenxia Man was convicted in a Florida court of conspiring to evade U.S. export laws by illegally acquiring and sending fighter jet engines and drones to China, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

Prosecutors said Man was working with an associate in China to buy and export engines made by Pratt & Whitney and General Electric (GE), which are found in a range of top U.S. military aircraft, including the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the F-22 and the F-16 fighter jets. She was also found to have tried to export a General Atomics drone, and technical data for the different hardware items.

During the investigation, Man referred to her associate as a spy "who worked on behalf of the Chinese military to copy items obtained from other countries and stated that he was particularly interested in stealth technology," the Department of Justice said.

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WNU Editor: China has always lagged behind in avionics and jet engines. It is nto a surprise that they are focusing their spying efforts on acquiring these technologies.

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