Posted on 10/20/2007 10:04:07 PM PDT by george76
Manufacturer says they were sold for use only in civilian craft.
The U.S. State Department is investigating how aircraft engines made near Montreal ended up in attack helicopters in China.
The maker, Pratt and Whitney Canada, says it did nothing illegal. It delivered 10 engines to Bejing in 2001 and 2002 on condition they be used only in civilian aircraft. The Liberal government of the day approved the deal, a decision the present Conservative government is supporting.
But Washington is not happy. If the engines contain U.S. technology or parts, the company could be hit with big fines for violating U.S. export laws.
It has been confirmed that the Chinese military put the Canadian engines in Z-10 attack helicopters, which can carry up to 16 anti-tank missiles.
An American military analyst, Richard Fisher, said it should come as no surprise that China ignored the conditions of the sale.
"Somebody is asleep," he told CBC News. "I would suggest the Canadian government was not defending the interests of the Canadian people.
The Z-10 is just one major military program amongst hundreds that China is pursuing in order to prepare for a possible war against Taiwan."
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the Z-10 could also end up in Sudan or Burma...
Gee, is this something new? Our technology to China? Let me think. Clinton. Oh yeah, that does ring a bell. And Carter. Another bell. It’s all about money and screw our security.
..so sorry.
This is not a good thing...but it is a drop in the bucket compared to what our own US government did and allowed to transpire under Clinton and Ron Brown.
The Chinese are expanding, modernizing, and equiping across the bord for modern warfare...and they know that they will ultimately have to face us. In the mean time, though our technology continues to imp[rove, our numbers, across the board (in terms of aircraft, ships, systems, etc.) are at very low levels.
Pratt and Whitney Canada needs to be banned from all American contracting or subcontracting for a decade or two.
Just wait until the PRC orders tooling machines from the US or Canada to copy the engines.
But...they were sold for use only in civilian craft.
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These engines are another small drop in the bucket.
Now, if the Clintons return...
Oh drop the nonsense, Jeff. Everyone in the WH has been selling us out. Not just Clinton.
President George Bush (Sr.) approved the sale of military transport aircraft to China, including several Lockheed C-130 heavy lift transport aircraft that were purchased by Air China, an airline 100 percent owned by the communist government.
Ok, I don’t get it. We give china MFN, and buy gazillions from them. So what’s the big deal about giving them arms them, friendly chinese and all?
We give them enough cash to become a super power, duh...
The rope Lenin spoke of.
Big fines - my azz! Jerk their license to produce U.S. technology engines!
yes :
The rope Lenin spoke of.
The next generation will have a big mess ( even though they do not know it yet ).
The Chinese military will be in great shape, when their economy melts down, and they need to quell food riots.
Unfortunately the GWB White House is doing the same thing. We're giving the entire country away to China and Mexico, just to name a couple. If anyone disputes that, they are not aware of reality.
Don’t you recognize the hard fact, it is all about money. Anything is for sale for enough money.
They will reverse engineer anything.
This is the quiet period before the Olympics; it may get noisy afterwards ?
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