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    Technology---giving it away

    This is the beginning of a long and detailed article in this morning's WSJ:

    Orbiting 22,000 miles above Earth, a fleet of American-built satellites is serving the Chinese government in ways that challenge the U.S.

    Nine of these satellites have been part of efforts to connect Chinese soldiers on contested outposts in the South China Sea, strengthen police forces against social unrest and make sure state messaging penetrates far and wide, according to corporate records, stock filings and interviews with executives.

    A tenth satellite, under construction by Boeing Co. , would enhance China’s competitor to the U.S. Global Positioning System. Besides civilian uses, the navigation system could help China in a potential conflict, such as in guiding missiles to their targets.

    U.S. law effectively prohibits American companies from exporting satellites to China, where domestic technology lags well behind America’s. But the U.S. doesn’t regulate how a satellite’s bandwidth is used once the device is in space. That has allowed China to essentially rent the capacity of U.S.-built satellites it wouldn’t be allowed to buy, a Wall Street Journal investigation found.

    Tangled webs of satellite ownership and offshore firms have helped China’s government achieve its goals. Some of America’s biggest companies, including private-equity firm Carlyle Group in addition to Boeing, have indirectly facilitated China’s efforts, the Journal found.
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    We have a smart bunch in Washington!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike View Post
    We have a smart bunch in Washington!
    We be a lucky bunch
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
    "Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
    “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis

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    If they were not so busy fighting with each other maybe they would find time to deal with things like this.
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    We can't worry about this as all they care about is impeaching Trump, in fact don't think the new Dem's even know what a satellite is.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Billy_Rightwing View Post
    We can't worry about this as all they care about is impeaching Trump, in fact don't think the new Dem's even know what a satellite is.
    You're probably a lot closer than you think Billy.
    On second thought they probably know what a satellite is they just don't know what it does, besides getting their football games etc... into their living room that is.
    Last edited by mgrist; 04-24-2019 at 07:10 PM.
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