Pentagon Contractor Caught Illegally Selling Military Technology to China

July 9th, 2012

2002:

U.S. satellite maker Loral Space & Communications Ltd. has agreed to pay a $14 million fine for passing missile technology to China.

The satellite and communications company will pay the fine over seven years to the U.S. State Department, through its Space Systems/Loral Inc. subsidiary.

The subsidiary neither admitted nor denied the charges but has agreed to pay the fine. It contends the information was “mistakenly sent to the Chinese.”

The investigation started as a criminal case, after the U.S. government adjudged Space Systems/Loral might have broken export laws when it gave technical help to China, on its rockets.

Loral helped China investigate the February 1996 crash of a Chinese Long March missile that was carrying a Loral satellite.

Such a move requires government clearance. But in June that year, Loral disclosed that it had not received it.

Via: The Atlantic:

The Canadian arm of the aircraft engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney closed a six-year U.S. government probe last week by admitting that it helped China produce its first modern attack helicopter, a serious violation of U.S. export laws that drew a multimillion dollar fine.

At the same time it was helping China, the company was separately earning huge fees from contracts with the Pentagon, including some in which it was building weapons meant to ensure that America can maintain decisive military superiority over China’s rising military might.

Related: The Best Enemy Money Can Buy by Antony C. Sutton

Research Credit: alvinroasting

One Response to “Pentagon Contractor Caught Illegally Selling Military Technology to China”

  1. alvinroast says:

    @Kevin – Thanks for posting it under the categories you did and including the link to The Best Enemy Money Can Buy.

    Antony Sutton’s work was exactly what I was thinking of when I first saw this story – highly recommended reading for those that want to understand how dictatorship, economy, elite, false flag ops, war (and technology) all fit together.

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