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China's Nuclear Space Technology: From Clinton With Love
NewsMax via Frontpagemag.com ^ | 10/03/03 | Charles R. Smith

Posted on 10/03/2003 12:53:57 AM PDT by kattracks

Newly declassified documents show that President Bill Clinton personally approved the transfer to China of advanced space technology that can be used for nuclear combat.

The documents show that in 1996 Clinton approved the export of radiation hardened chip sets to China. The specialized chips are necessary for fighting a nuclear war.

"Waivers may be granted upon a national interest determination," states a Commerce Department document titled "U.S. Sanctions on China."

"The President has approved a series of satellite related waivers in recent months, most recently in November, 1996 for export of radiation hardened chip sets for a Chinese meteorological satellite," noted the Commerce Department documents.

These special computer chips are designed to function while being bombarded by intense radiation. Radiation hardened chips are considered critical for atomic warfare and are required by advanced nuclear tipped missiles.

Judicial Watch obtained the documents through the Freedom of Information Act, a Washington-based political watchdog group.

Several documents were withheld from release by the U.S. Commerce Department for commercial and personal privacy exemptions, but none of the documents were withheld for national security reasons. Judicial Watch is expected to appeal the withholdings.

Decade of Betrayal

U.S. intelligence sources stated that the newly released documents illustrate the extent to which the Clinton White House placed trade – and trade with China specifically – above national security.

"In all likelihood we will be glowing in the dark before we discover the true extent of the Clinton decade of betrayal," stated Rick Fisher, Asian Security Fellow at the Center for Security Policy.

"If it was indeed intended for a new PRC weather satellite, then it is possible that it was used for their new polar orbit weather satellites. This is significant because the Chinese themselves acknowledge that their polar orbit weather satellites directly contribute to their long-range missile targeting capability. This becomes even more important for their new smaller but more accurate warheads, used on their new DF-31, DF-31A, DF-5 Mod2 and JL-2 missiles. If they encounter significant weather, warhead accuracy degrades, reducing their utility," stated Fisher.

"Inasmuch as similar U.S. military weather satellites perform the same missions, the Clinton Administration had to have known they were assisting a PLA strategic military capability," concluded Fisher.

In addition, the Chinese military is clearly interested in acquiring advanced radiation hardened computer chips for its strategic nuclear arsenal.

U.S. Chips for PRC Nukes

Currently, China has only liquid fueled, long-range missiles, and the majority of them are based inside underground silos. These long-range rockets are reported to be "bore-sighted" – meaning the underground silos are aimed directly at target cities inside the United States.

The Chinese army is now attempting to shift its strategic nuclear arsenal to a solid-fuel "launch on command" capability. These new missiles are rail- and road-mobile and require sophisticated electronic guidance systems to accurately strike their intended targets.

As part of this upgrade, the Chinese army is also modifying its nuclear warhead designs to arm new survivable missiles such as the DF-31 and JL-2. Chinese engineers are planning to equip these new missiles with MIRV technology, allowing each missile to carry multiple nuclear warheads.

Again, the U.S. radiation hardened computer chip technology is a logical addition to the reconfiguration and upgrade of Chinese nuclear weapons.

Stolen U.S. Chips

Another critical element of the Clinton-supplied waiver is the fact that it took place during an investigation of Chinese espionage into missing U.S. radiation hardened satellite chips.

In February 1996, a Chinese Long March rocket carrying a Loral Intelsat satellite failed and crashed on lift-off. The Loral Intelsat payload was badly damaged. The Chinese intended to launch the Loral satellite into deep space as they had been paid to do by Loral CEO Bernard Schwartz.

However, fate took a twisted path, and so did the Chinese rocket. The Long March rocket failed on launch and crashed into a nearby Chinese village, killing over 200 innocent civilians. The failure of the Long March allowed the U.S. to recover the sealed satellite guidance box, which revealed the control board of radiation-hardened chips was missing.

The missing board from the Loral Intelsat satellite is no mystery. It quickly became obvious that Chinese engineers removed the special electronics and kept the board for examination. The stolen Loral electronics consist of radiation hardened, encrypted telemetry chips, stored in a secure flight control box similar to those found on airliners. The NSA changed all U.S. satellite codes as a result of the stolen Loral chips, costing American taxpayers millions of dollars.

1996 Illegal Campaign Donations

Another factor involved in the November 1996 waiver issued by then-President Clinton is the fact that illegal money entered the U.S. elections from the Chinese army. The money was donated to the DNC from a variety of sources including convicted Chinagate figures John Huang, Charlie "Yah-Lin" Trie and Johnny Chung.

The 1996 Clinton-Gore campaign readily accepted much of the money from the Chinese army sources without question, and in some cases took these donations in cash. The allegations of Chinese espionage and illegal campaign donations were never investigated properly.

The successful effort by China to obtain U.S. microchip technology included espionage, sabotage and perhaps bribery. The red intelligence windfall freed the Chinese army to more accurately target American cities with atomic weapons using advanced U.S technology.

The legacy that President Clinton left for the 21st century is a modern Chinese army equipped for global nuclear war.





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1 posted on 10/03/2003 12:53:58 AM PDT by kattracks
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To: kattracks
Clinton .... that traitor.. that dog... that swamp thing!
2 posted on 10/03/2003 12:56:06 AM PDT by GeronL (This space for rent; Your ad here!; $10 per mo)
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3 posted on 10/03/2003 12:56:39 AM PDT by Support Free Republic (Your support keeps Free Republic going strong!)
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To: kattracks
Hey lighten up! Those Chinese nukes are for your children.
4 posted on 10/03/2003 1:48:23 AM PDT by MichiganConservative (Repeal the welfare state and the 14th, 16th, and 17th Amendments.)
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To: Poohbah; belmont_mark
PING!
5 posted on 10/03/2003 1:57:21 AM PDT by Orion78 (Who died and made you thread monitor?)
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To: Orion78
Radiation hardened" has a multiplicity of meanings. The stuff we sold, IIRC, was designed to cope with charged-particle bombardment (solar wind, et cetera), which is what satellites cope with on a day-to-day basis. The chips for nuclear missiles and warheads require the ability to withstand a higher-than-average neutron flux during their regular service life and brief exposure to EXTREMELY high neutron flux during the flight of the missile to the target.

The two forms of shielding are radically different--charged particles are stopped by a Faraday cage, while neutrons (having no electrical charge) can only be stopped by using enough low density material (hydrocarbon-based resins and the like).

This has more to do with ChiCom space systems than with ChiCom missiles.
6 posted on 10/03/2003 4:37:02 AM PDT by Poohbah ("[Expletive deleted] 'em if they can't take a joke!" -- Major Vic Deakins, USAF)
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To: Orion78
Blah, blah, blah... our top guns would slaughter theirs... blah, blah, blah..... they don't have any flat tops.... blah, blah, blah .... they are at least 100 years away from overtaking us.... blah, blah, blah ..... they will have a Civil War and nuke themselves .... blah, blah, blah.... oh, and by the way, I noticed that Texas_Dawg was banned yesterday. He went over the line and was attacking stalwart long time Freepers none of whom could ever be labelled as Buchananistas, tin foilers, or the like. To those who have partnered with Texas_Judas thus far, beware, we are watching you and if you show evidence of being Leftists, ChiCOMs, false flags, and other anti Conservative, anti Rightist operatives, you will be exposed and deposed.
7 posted on 10/03/2003 6:47:06 AM PDT by GOP_1900AD (Un-PC even to "Conservatives!" - Right makes right)
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To: belmont_mark; hchutch; Chancellor Palpatine; dighton; aculeus
oh, and by the way, I noticed that Texas_Dawg was banned yesterday. He went over the line and was attacking stalwart long time Freepers none of whom could ever be labelled as Buchananistas, tin foilers, or the like.

Only after absorbing a massive first strike of similarly over-the-line material.

To those who have partnered with Texas_Judas thus far, beware, we are watching you and if you show evidence of being Leftists, ChiCOMs, false flags, and other anti Conservative, anti Rightist operatives, you will be exposed and deposed.

Uh-huh. Big Brother belmont_mikhail_suslov has spoken.

8 posted on 10/03/2003 8:29:22 AM PDT by Poohbah ("[Expletive deleted] 'em if they can't take a joke!" -- Major Vic Deakins, USAF)
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To: belmont_mark; Poohbah; Chancellor Palpatine; Jim Robinson
So now you wish to impose your own version of the purges, belmont_mark? As far as I care, someone like Texas_Dawg, who stands up to a bunch of folks who want the government to subsidize their standard of living, is far more conservative than a loser like you who has his hand out and is shouting "Gimme, gimme!"
9 posted on 10/03/2003 8:34:56 AM PDT by hchutch ("I don't see what the big deal is, I really don't." - Major Vic Deakins, USAF (ret.))
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To: kattracks
Clinton would have sold Chelsea to be president - he deserves to be in jail.
10 posted on 10/03/2003 8:40:11 AM PDT by sandydipper (Never quit - never surrender!)
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To: hchutch
Have I shouted "gimme?" Do you even have a clue regarding my *domestic* economic policy positions (of which, categorically, tariff and export control debates do not play any part as these latter are international ecomic policy considerations)?
11 posted on 10/03/2003 10:47:01 AM PDT by GOP_1900AD (Un-PC even to "Conservatives!" - Right makes right)
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To: belmont_mark
"ecomic" s/b "economic."
12 posted on 10/03/2003 10:47:45 AM PDT by GOP_1900AD (Un-PC even to "Conservatives!" - Right makes right)
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To: belmont_mark; Poohbah
You have shown you are willing to use the government to redistribute wealth from consumers to whoever gets the bounty that comes from the tariffs.

Will the corporations and other entities in the United States that do not do as you see fit face something similar? I see no reason to believe otherwise.
13 posted on 10/03/2003 10:52:46 AM PDT by hchutch ("I don't see what the big deal is, I really don't." - Major Vic Deakins, USAF (ret.))
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To: kattracks
Clinton Schminton. Old news. Stick it in the scrapbook and show it to the grandkids. Bad enough we had to listen to Clinton every day on TV, radio, at the county fair, in our living rooms. Now we have to hear about Clinton all the time. Can't we get back to some topics of genuine interest and personal concern such as Elian and OJ?
14 posted on 10/03/2003 10:54:03 AM PDT by RightWhale (Repeal the Law of the Excluded Middle)
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To: belmont_mark; hchutch
Blah, blah, blah... our top guns would slaughter theirs...

Seeing as how their "top guns" have a hard time executing a routine intercept on a nonmaneuvering Orion without smacking into the thing, that's probably the way to bet.

blah, blah, blah..... they don't have any flat tops....

Or any ships that are remotely survivable after the first hit. The US Navy stresses damage control and firefighting for a reason. Our smaller ships have taken blows that would (and HAVE) sunk anyone else's...and those ships returned to service.

blah, blah, blah .... they are at least 100 years away from overtaking us....

More like 30--and, IMNHO, they aren't going to last that long.

blah, blah, blah ..... they will have a Civil War and nuke themselves ....

IMNHO, totalitarianism doesn't work. Your disagreement is, to put it mildly, interesting.

blah, blah, blah....

Well, the above seems to be most of your contributions to this discussion...

15 posted on 10/03/2003 11:06:02 AM PDT by Poohbah ("[Expletive deleted] 'em if they can't take a joke!" -- Major Vic Deakins, USAF)
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To: kattracks; Liz; backhoe; Joy Angela
The legacy that President Clinton left for the 21st century is a modern Chinese Army equipped for global nuclear war.

Furthermore, Hiring Hazel O'Leary at D.O.E. where he directed her to do the following(And I Quote from a speech of hers from 1993):"...have it be very much easier for you to get into the building (Los Alamos FYI) and that that is at least the first delivery (interesting term delivery hmmm?) on what we think is a new 'commitment to openness' here in the Department...We are responding clearly to our stakeholders. I want to point out to you who those stakeholders are. It's hard to start at the right hierarchy, but let me start here....My sense is since there is so much to do, we ought to do it with a clear set of priorities focused on what the Department of Energy's partners and customers want..."

"..what the Department of Energy's partners and customers want"

To What Customers does she refer? Indonesia? The Chinese you may presume? And you'd be right on too. He wanted to do that before he got into the White House. Am I really supposed to be surprised that Billy Jeff Blythe sent/sold/gave (pick one) advanced Nuclear technology to China, and put 25% of this country's so-called "compliance coal" or "enviro coal" (i.e., clean-burning, low sulfur) off limits with his Executive Order declaring a fairly large section of Utah to be a national park,(in turn forcing American Companies to buy Indosnesian coal BTW) when his Chief at the DOE, Hazel O'Leary was making speeches like this one in 1993? These are just 2 examples of his gross malfeasance. Imagine what will come out of the woodwork in say, the next 30 years.

16 posted on 10/03/2003 11:29:48 AM PDT by Pagey (Hillary Rotten is a Smug, Holier - Than - Thou Socialist)
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To: hchutch
Firstly I have not explicitly called for tarrifs (although am open to the concept) and secondly even if I had, how is a tax charged against the foreign entity redistribution of my wealth to my government's? As far as I know, the only way that happens is via income taxes, property taxes and sales taxes. Please enlighten me... how would a tarrif tax me unless I gave up my US citizenship, or, if I ran a foreign corporation? Gee, Yogi....I'm SOOoooo confused.....
17 posted on 10/03/2003 12:30:15 PM PDT by GOP_1900AD (Un-PC even to "Conservatives!" - Right makes right)
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To: belmont_mark
And the obvious follow on question, just what IS the definition of the "US Corporation" Vs a "foreign corporation?" How would a corporation whose corporate office is located in the USA, but who produces most of their actual product in the PRC, be labelled? Conversely, what should we make of firms such as Tyco, HQ'd in Bermuda but with many operations in the USA? Clearly, some sort of classification system is needed. Different classifications get taxed differently at their non USA locations. I would argue the companies with sham front offices located in the USA but which are actually doing most of their work in the PRC, are in fact PRC corporations. Another question is what should be the laws regarding US Citizens serving as officers in corporations which are de facto foreign ones? In particular, foreign ones headquartered in hostile nations? Is this grounds for taking their passports? Is this not an equal or greater conflict of national interest than loyalty to a foreign government or serving in a foreign military? Get caught doing those, and they can take your passport and deport you. Why shouldn't working for a de facto PRC corporation be the same?
18 posted on 10/03/2003 12:42:52 PM PDT by GOP_1900AD (Un-PC even to "Conservatives!" - Right makes right)
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To: Pagey
I'm waiting for the scams they pulled with knowing Federal Reserve moves. Those are the biggies.
19 posted on 10/03/2003 12:47:02 PM PDT by Liz
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To: harpseal; Paul Ross; Orion78; HighRoadToChina; A. Pole
Ping.
20 posted on 10/03/2003 12:49:26 PM PDT by GOP_1900AD (Un-PC even to "Conservatives!" - Right makes right)
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