Eight held in US over 'Russian hi-tech smuggling plot'

Catfish · 10-05-12, 02:11 PM

Maybe it is more about 'normal crime' than working as russian agents, we will see.

On the other hand:
" [...] The US keeps strict controls on the export of cutting-edge microelectronics, which could be used in radar and surveillance systems, weapons guidance systems and detonation triggers [...]"

I thought most of this stuff is meanwhile produced in China, and sent to the US ?

http://it.slashdot.org/story/12/05/2...-military-chip

http://www.businessinsider.com/navy-...hut-off-2011-6

Although a lot of chips used in the US military is indeed produced in China, i guess the "disarming" capabality is nonsense, apart of rendering the devices itself useless because of sheer failing of some of the chinese chips.

Thanks and greetings,
Catfish

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Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,817 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Maybe it is more about 'normal crime' than working as russian agents, we will see. On the other hand: " [...] The US keeps strict controls on the export of cutting-edge microelectronics, which could be used in radar and surveillance systems, weapons guidance systems and detonation triggers [...]" I thought most of this stuff is meanwhile produced in China, and sent to the US ? http://it.slashdot.org/story/12/05/2...-military-chip http://www.businessinsider.com/navy-...hut-off-2011-6 Although a lot of chips used in the US military is indeed produced in China, i guess the "disarming" capabality is nonsense, apart of rendering the devices itself useless because of sheer failing of some of the chinese chips. Thanks and greetings, Catfish