Posted on 10/09/2007 4:40:59 AM PDT by Renfield
October 9, 2007: Russian military equipment manufacturers have concluded that China has illegally copied the Fregat M2EM naval radar, and many other high tech items. Despite growing pressure from manufacturers, the Russian government is still trying to decide what to do about it. The 12 ton, two decade old M2EM system is fitted to most recent Russian warships. The radar scans 360 degrees to a max range of 300 kilometers and max altitude of 100,000 feet. The Sovremenny class destroyers Russia sold to China contained Fregat M2EM, and with that, China proceeded to copy the technology and build its own version. Several other radar systems on the Sovremenny were also copied. These copied systems have shown up on the new Chinese Type 054A frigates, which entered service in 2005. It took the Russians a while to realize that the radar, which looked like the M2EM, was actually a functioning copy. China got its first Sovremenny in 1999, and took about four years to duplicate the M2EM. The Russians were surprised at how quickly the Chinese moved with this. At the same time, China was buying M2EM radars form their larger warships. Those sales have stopped. China denies any copying took place, and insists that any similarities between their radar and the M2EM are coincidental. That's the standard Chinese response. This sort of copying was learned from the Russians, back when the Soviet Union still existed. The Soviet copying was so blatant that, sometimes, design flaws or irregularities were also faithfully copied. China shows no signs of halting this widespread and blatant theft of technology.
And thanks for the laugh!
I prefer to take a healthy dose of reality with my government supplied statistics.
Are these the same data that has hamburger making as manufacturing?
Considering how much American technology that the ChiComs have either stolen, bought, or otherwise acquired courtesy of Slick Clinton, the Russians have absolutely no reason to be surprised that the Red Chinese are stealing and reverse engineering their technology too. That’s what happens when you lie down with flea ridden dogs.
The Soviets were good a copying US technology. The Chinese are returning the favor. Of course, the Chinese with the help of Slick picked up much of our rocket and nuke technology.
That's what is so funny. I rely on data, and you make it up.
You should know me better than that. Source
The report does not recommend that burger-flippers be counted alongside factory workers.
Clearly in an attempt to cast as wide a net as possible in what is considered a manufacturing activity. Thus I question this particular set of statistics.
As an aside, do you generally accept everything the government tells you without question?
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