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China-Japan-Koreas
Israel major supplier of arms to Beijing
2004-07-01
A congressional commission on China stated in a report recently made public that Israel has become China’s largest arms and weapons technology supplier after Russia. The report stated that the panel "continues to be concerned over Israeli transfers of U.S.-origin technology to China."
Bad Israel
In the 1990s, Israel was caught selling China Patriot anti-missile technology that U.S. officials say has ended up in Chinese air defense weapons. Israel in January 2003 suspended sales of arms to China that could harm U.S. security and a U.S.-Israeli discussion channel was set up to deal with the transfers. The report by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, established under a 2000 law, disclosed that Amos Yaron, director-general of Israel’s defense ministry, restarted Israeli arms transfers to China in March 2004. According to the report, while the details of the talks are not known, "the commission understands that Israel has offered training facilities, including one for urban warfare, to train China’s security forces for the Olympics."
Hummm, training anti-terrorist forces is ok by me.
Israeli companies are discussing a range of sensitive weapons-related sales to China, including exports of sensor and observation systems, security fences, microwave and optics, training, metal detectors and packages for airport and vital facilities security."
Again this group looks ok.
The report said Israel is also helping China develop unmanned aerial vehicles and is selling Tavor personal assault weapons, pilot training systems, advanced communications and surveillance gear and several types of UAVs.
This doesn't
Israeli HARPY anti-radiation drones have been spotted during Chinese exercises near Taiwan. "The HARPY is designed to detect, attack, and destroy radar emitters," the report said. "These systems pose a significant threat to various critical military C4ISR facilities on Taiwan as well as to U.S. operational forces operating in the region. The UAV has a range of about five hundred kilometers and contains a high-explosive warhead."
Unless we've got some kind of secret agreement and a back-door into these UAV's, Israel has got some explaining to do.
Posted by:Anonymous5089

#12  Here's another idea:
1. Jews hate Christians.
2. Jews love Communism.
3. Jews hate America.
Therefore Israel and American Jews help America's communist enemies, now and for the past 50 years.
Posted by: Anonymous5496   2004-07-01 5:13:19 PM  

#11  The Russians are the main probelm. Fro examlpe the Russians are giving the Chines the Soverenmy class which was desinied to sink the Aegis system. The Russians have givern the Chinese SU30s which can kill a F-16 and F-15
Posted by: Anonymous5893   2004-07-24 9:08:21 PM  

#10  It's a lot worse that the article let's on. Israel transferred the technology from the cancelled Lavi fighter to China who are now building the J10. The Lavi was to be an improved derivative of the F16, whose technology the US transferred to Israel and who also funded the development of the Lavi. Take a look at this Chinese J10 site. Notice the F16s twin?

Israel also sold technology from the Arrow anti ballistic missile system. The Arrow missile system guidance tech is from the Patriot system tech the US gave Isreal to so they could work on the Arrow. Israel also tried to supply China with Israeli airborne AWACs systems.

Is this the behavior of an ally? How many billions of dollars will the US have to spend to counteract this treachery. No F22s or other high tech weapons for Israel. The technology will just be sold to our enemies.
Posted by: ed   2004-07-02 12:56:50 AM  

#9  Who supplies the legs? Inquiring minds want to know!
Posted by: borgboy   2004-07-02 12:00:28 AM  

#8  LOL! Mucki! You dawg! You and your Rothschild thing! Too funny!
Posted by: Shipman   2004-07-01 6:04:13 PM  

#7  [Off-topic or abusive comments deleted]
Posted by: Anonymous5496 TROLL   2004-07-01 5:13:19 PM  

#6  Let's do the math:

Israel facilitates China's own prohibitively expensive and understaffed foray into UAVs and advanced weapons systems.

China uses that financial latitude to proliferate nuclear technology to Iran.

Iran immediately threatens nuclear attack upon Israel with the first nuclear weapon they make.

What part of the equation is Israel not getting? Whichever morons are greedily slavering over the billions of arms dollars flowing through this exchange need to be capped, and d@mn quick.

Israel, like so many other nations that feed at the Mandarin's trough, needs a major wake up call. If Israel catches an Iranian nuclear attack, I shall not feel entirely sympathetic. In light of this idiotic treachery, perhaps the onus is upon Israel to bomb out Iran's nuclear facilities.
Posted by: Zenster   2004-07-01 4:37:50 PM  

#5  And here's the link that Anonymous5492 is talking about..

pipeline boom
Posted by: Tony (UK)   2004-07-01 4:01:06 PM  

#4  For precedent as to booby trapping, see how ex-President Reagan authorized the destruction of a trans-Siberian pipeline.
Posted by: Anonymous5492   2004-07-01 12:16:51 PM  

#3  All of Clinton's tawdry stuff is pillow talk now. His real crime was his arming of China. Funny how just when Winky was getting heat over the Chinese connection, his sex scandle blew that off the radar.
Posted by: Lucky   2004-07-01 12:16:07 PM  

#2  I suspect our guys are working with the Israelis to booby trap some of these systems. Most of the major platforms approved for export were approved under Clinton. GWB has been a lot more careful about the kinds of things we let them export. Israel has *always* abided by American wishes on weapons exports - the problem was that Clinton used Israel as a backdoor way to supply his Chinese friends with the latest gear.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2004-07-01 11:37:21 AM  

#1  The report stated that the panel "continues to be concerned over Israeli transfers of U.S.-origin technology to China."

Not good. If these guys don't have the decency to keep the technology in the stuff they buy from us from getting into our enemies' hands, then it's time to rethink the wisdom of sharing our developments with third parties and rethinking
what should and shouldn't be made available to sell to them.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2004-07-01 11:13:18 AM  

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