← An Australian F-35 Canopy and Weapons-Bay Door Shipped to the U.S. for Repair Are Diverted to Hong Kong and Seized by China — Tom Cotton Says "We Can't Afford for U.S. Military Equipment to Fall Into the Hands of a Foreign Adversary," and Raja Krishnamoorthi Warns Beijing Could "Reverse Engineer U.S. Stealth Technology"
“According to Bloomberg, the Chinese government took possession of the parts and has not returned them. Possession of F-35 parts could allow the CCP to reverse engineer U.S. stealth technology, threatening our service members and national security. Incidents like this simply should not happen, and they raise serious questions over Department of Defense (DOD) and commercial shipping companies' policies for tracking sensitive U.S. military hardware. … The F-35 Program supply chain clearly needs more oversight.
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