[feedcomnet]

Nothing new here, someone asleep at the switch. This should not have happened.

Video at link!

The US Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing on Tuesday on the issue of counterfeit electronic components found in US military hardware—mostly found in electronic systems of helicopters and airplanes.

Chairman of the Committee, Senator Carl Levin says the Committee asked several large US defense contractors to identify cases of suspected counterfeit parts. The companies came back with a list of 18-hundred cases, covering one million individual parts.

[Sen. Carl Levin, Chairman, US Senate Armed Services Committee]:
“Of those 18 hundred cases, we selected about 100 to track backwards through the supply chain. So where do the trails ultimately lead? The overwhelming majority, over 70 percent led to China.”

On Tuesday the Chinese regime hit out at the accusations saying in a statement:

"The Chinese government has always paid a great deal of attention to, and has promoted, cooperation with relevant overseas bodies in the fight against counterfeits. This is universally acknowledged."

Yet the senators say the Chinese regime hasn’t cooperated. Staff members of the Armed Services Committee were denied visas to go to China to carry out their investigation and Levin’s contact with the Chinese Embassy in Washington led to a threatening response.

[Sen. Carl Levin, Chairman, US Senate Armed Services Committee]:
“Shortly after my letter, an official at the Chinese embassy told Committee staff, that if the results of the investigation were not positive, it could be quote ‘damaging’ to the US-China relationship.”

Senator John McCain, a ranking member of the Committee, quotes an investigation by which depicts the selling of counterfeit electronics as a widespread phenomenon in China.

[Sen. John McCain, Ranking Member, US Senate Armed Services Committee]:
“The garbage-strewn streets of Guiyu reek of burning plastic as workers in back rooms and open yards strip chips from old PC circuit boards. The components, typically less than an inch long, are cleaned in the nearby Lianjiang River and then sold from the cramped premises of businesses such as Jinlong Electronics Trade Center. A sign for Jinlong Electronics advertises in Chinese that it sells ‘military’ circuitry, meaning chips that are more durable than commercial components and able to function at extreme temperatures. But proprietor Lu Weilong admits that his wares are counterfeit. His employees sand off the markings on used commercial chips and re-label them as military.”

The Committee says Chinese authorities must shut down these counterfeit operations and are recommending a policy of inspections on all Chinese electronic products imported to the United States.

Like the recent Yuan bill that passed through the Senate, this proposal would add extra restrictions on Chinese imports to the US, a policy that would prove unpopular with the Chinese regime.


http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/sc...-hardware.html

[Trebbinsa]

When. as a nation, you drive off all manufacturing to remote and unfriendly parts of the world, you have no power over your supply or quality of goods. Suicide of a nation complete.

[logpogingg]

When. as a nation, you drive off all manufacturing to remote and unfriendly parts of the world, you have no power over your supply or quality of goods. Suicide of a nation complete.

Yep! At one time it was required for all critical systems and parts had to be made in the states or under our direct control.

It is hell, if in a war you have too ask the enemy for parts that broke in your equipment that they made for you!

[RuttyUttepe]

Nothing new about this......back in 1990 I was working for this Zionist "Jew" (didn't know about them till 1998) that was selling spare parts for the F-16 and he would give me an American part and a Chinese part and one of my jobs was to check them out to make sure that they were 100% the same........as a machinest I knew that the material were different.

He would sell a washer that was made with a stamping machine.....the washer wasen't ever deburr......it was a 1.6" washer with a 1.2 hole in the center made of a common steel and he would charger $178.00 for EACH one of them.....I asked about the high price and he told me that it was because of the paper work........well......all that his son had to do was to change the names and the dates in the comp and print the paper work.......I would say that the actual cost of the washer was of 0.08 cents as sold.

[Buyemae]

The gooks are just slant eyed jews. Now the Japanese on the other hand I admire and respect.

[grofvuri]

the gooks are just slant eyed jews. Now the japanese on the other hand i admire and respect.

wtf

[UltraSearchs]

The gooks are just slant eyed jews. Now the Japanese on the other hand I admire and respect.

Uhhh... unfortunately, we taught them that a "civilized" nation is one that builds empires and conquers wekaer surrounding countries. The Japs became a military country in the 1800s and brutal at that. Also, they are so socialized that their consensus decision-making would drive me nuts. I rebel against group social controls. While there are many nice things about the Japs, I am not fond of any culture that controls every bit of your life.

[Smalmslobby]

30 years ago someone working in HK with advanced western construction techniques using proprietary technology (which revolutionised construction of high rise, bridges etc) decided they would look to manufacture parts in China instead of northern europe. They did not break down the tech into components and use separate manufacturers.

Within 18 months their tech was everywhere and cheaper than them. It was poorer quality too. You can see where that ended up. There are a lotta lotta high rise and bridges built with this tech. Probably most of the construction in the last 30 years uses this tech. If it's inferior quality.......

G.E. always broken down their tech in such a way that no manufacturer could get the whole picture and they also ensured they only manufactured older tech this way to reduce the impact of counterfeiting. All new G.E. tech was done onshore USA.

[EnubreBense]

having witnessed the attitude of American management @ military contractors towards defective American-made hardware & software, counterfeit Chinese wares could hardly be any worse.

they could conceivably malfunction in more comical ways.

one of the incidents that's in the public domain is about the F-22. cockpit canopy mishap. pilot on broiling hot runway in Georgia. canopy wouldn't open. took 4 hours with a Sawzall to cut him out. thick plastic, like acrylic.


one of the co-workers i enjoyed working with before he got fired was a test engineer on the F-22. he told the senior project EE that the radio design was un-test-able.

he was included in a division wide layoff within a month. he was a very competent test engineer. we went to the same gym so i got details in bits & pieces over a period of months. the guy that fired him went to the same gym. i was always waiting for them to come to blows but they kept it under control.