Chinese woman jailed for smuggling US technology

September 27, 2008

A Chinese woman was jailed for one year on Friday after pleading guilty to attempting to smuggle sensitive military-grade technology to her homeland, justice officials said.

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Ausjin - Sep 28, 2008
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Accelerometers are defense articles now? My first guess would be that they could be used to help with guided munitions, but I cannot see a simple accelerometer improving that much when the Chinese can already shoot down satellites. Perhaps it is to assist with guiding drones?
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Modernmystic - Sep 28, 2008
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What's the point? They've stolen more than half their missile tech and military tech as it is.
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Duude - Sep 28, 2008
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Stolen missile technology?
Actually the most important missile technology was exported through Hughes Electronics and Loral Space & Communications Ltd. with the blessing of the Clinton Administration. The CEO at the time was Bernard Schwartz who was a huge Clinton Campaign donor. If you recall there was also a time in the 90's when it was revealed that this same campaign received illegal contributions from Chinese donors. I would love to see how much the Clinton library has received from foreign donors but that's secret.
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