How do you “steal” an operational stealth fighter design?
If China had that kind of world-class intelligence capability, it would definitely use it. So would any other country, including US allies.
But there were never a Chinese spy placed high up in the American hierarchy. There were though, spies from Israel and other Western states at extremely important positions.
The example of spying from Israel in the most critical areas of the US government and military is legion.
If you have the intelligence capability, you use it.
I actually think that China doesn’t really, otherwise, it would be much further along. Its “stealing” consist mainly of learning Western and East Asian – Taiwan, Korea and Japan – commercial manufacturing techniques not military.
Hard to imagine Chinese spies in US DOD design laboratories stealing a stealth fighter when most Americans are instinctively suspicious of a Chinese person.
For example: the nuclear scientist spy from Los Alamos, Wen Ho Lee, is instinctively thought to be a Chinese spy. But he was a Taiwanese whose wife actually spied on China for the CIA! The instinctive reaction against any Chinese was that strong.
Most Chinese were pretty happy that he was caught. Of course, Taiwanese-Americans began complaining about racism and the case was conveniently dropped for “lack of evidence.”
They found evidence alright, but it was of him spying for Taiwan, not China, so they didn’t pursue further 😀
China seems to be pretty adept at getting its hands on western stuff 😎 heard the PAC-3 seeker was compromised or something…. cannot remember where i got that from though…
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