• m532
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      1 year ago

      China has hypersonic missiles, usa does not. Tell me how they “stole” them.

      • Varyk@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        You mean those missiles lockheed martin had in the 70s? That LM is working with DARPA on now that other countries have caught up? The missiles we already have a working defense system for?

        Those missiles?

        Chinese hypersonic missiles are dependent on American technology smuggled to China through Chinese companies because “American technology — such as highly specialized aeronautical engineering software — fills critical gaps in domestic technology and is key to advances in Chinese weaponry.”

        That’s how. Smuggling. Normal, boring smuggling.

        https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/10/17/china-hypersonic-missiles-american-technology/

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        1 year ago

        Ah yes, their"potential" and 'possible" advancements.

        These articles do not actually measure technology, they measure the amount of money the ccp is investing in tech in order to catch up with the US and articles published, regardless of the content.

        When you discover the metrics by which these “leads” are established, it’s easy to see why the “leading” country in 37 tech fields is so desperate to steal technology from the US.

        Person B is a not a better painter than person A because they bought more paintbrushes.