Snowden says China stole F-35 JSF secret design information

[bemildred]

Documents recently disclosed by former US intelligence contractor, Edward Snowden, showed that Chinese cyber spies stole 'huge volumes' of sensitive military information relating to the F-35 joint strike fighter aircraft.

The stolen information includes details of the fighter’s radar systems, engine schematics, methods for cooling exhaust gas and “aft deck heating contour maps”.

German magazine Der Spiegel has published new disclosures of signals intelligence collected by the United States National Security Agency (NSA) and its “Five Eyes” partners, including the Australian Signals Directorate.

http://www.themanufacturer.com/articles/snowden-says-china-stole-f-35-jsf-secret-design-information/

[TexasProgresive]

1. Ha! That may bankrupt China

The F-35 is a worthless boondoggle. It is one of the deepest money pits the Military Industrial Complex has ever developed.

[Sherman A1]

4. Precisely

one could only hope that this will lead to the demise of the program, but we all know it will not do so.

[bemildred]

5. That's it! That's how to defeat them. We'll sell them our defense industry! Outsource defense!

They will be bankrupt before we know it.

[Blue_Tires]

6. Not only that, it's old news anyway

http://www.democraticunderground.com/11784000

http://www.democraticunderground.com/11794095

[MisterP]

2. will this be the first time in history that spies give back what they found?

[PFunk]

3. Or actually improve and produce an actual better working unit using it.

just saying