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| Former Los Alamos nuclear scientists aid China's advanced weapons, private study says |
| 2022-09-29 |
| A week old but still important. [WashingtonTimes] The Chinese government targeted scientists at the Los Alamos nuclear laboratory for recruitment, with more than 160 researchers returning to China over more than three decades to help nuclear and other advanced weapons programs there, according to a new report by a private security and intelligence firm. According to the report released Thursday by Strider Technologies, between 1987 and 2021, an estimated 162 scientists who once worked at Los Alamos returned home to China and took part in a variety of domestic research and development programs. "Former Los Alamos scientists have made, and continue to make, considerable contributions to the PRC hypersonic, missile and submarine programs that present an array of security risks for the United States and the entire free world," says the 32-page report, "The Los Alamos Club: How the People’s Republic of China Recruited Leading Scientists from Los Alamos National Laboratory to Advance Its Military Programs." A total of 15 of the scientists were staff members at the Energy Department laboratory in New Mexico that designs nuclear weapons. Thirteen were recruited as part of Chinese government "talent" programs that hired overseas experts. China’s program is called the Talent Superpower Strategy Program and is similar to Beijing’s Thousand Talents program. The Justice Department has prosecuted about a dozen U.S. academics recruited under the Thousand Talents program for hiding Chinese funding and other connections to Beijing since 2018. At least one of the returning scientists in "the Los Alamos Club" held a top-secret Q clearance granted to those with access to nuclear secrets. Related: Los Alamos: 2022-09-25 Report: China Paid U.S. Lab Scientists Up to $1 Million for Research, Including Military Tech Los Alamos: 2022-09-24 Former Los Alamos nuclear scientists aiding Chinese weapons project, study says Los Alamos: 2021-08-25 So You Want To Fly A Drone Over A Nuclear Weapons Lab |
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