July 10, 2009

NIE to assess vulnerable IT links after reports China got F-35 secrets

Following reports that China obtained secrets about the
U.S. F-35 jet through computer espionage, the House Intelligence Committee has ordered the National Intelligence Council to produce a major estimate on the dangers of technology loss through vulnerabilities in the U.S. global supply chain. (FULL STORY)
Senior U.S. defense officials confirmed that two years ago hackers breached a F-35 jet fighter program developed for the Pentagon by Lockheed Martin Corp.       f135engine.com

Hu Jintao could become a political victim of unprecedented bloodbath in Xinjiang

If the high casualty figures of the Xinjiang riots last Sunday caught the Chinese leadership by surprise, it also illustrates the painful fact that the Chinese Communist Party has far from consolidated its hold on the restive autonomous regions of Xinjiang (XAR) and Tibet (TAR). And the fact that President Hu Jintao had to cut short his attendance of the “G-8 plus 5” in Italy to return to China also means the bloodbath has dented Hu’s prestige and standing within the party.  (FULL STORY)
Chinese soldiers in riot gear in the center of Urumqi in China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region, on July 9.    Reuters/David Gray
Asia experts: Weakened U.S. deterrent could force Japan to go nuclear
Japan's changes on sovereignty limits will allow easier access by nuclear-armed U.S. vessels
   
Kim reported staying close to villa near missile base east of Pyongyang
Planners in Seoul assume its high-rise buildings are being targeted
Report: Future war with China would begin in outer space
U.S. China hand blasts critics of Beijing's role in N. Korean nuclearization

Samsung soars despite Pyongyang’s missiles / Maoists bite into Indian economy / Round-eyes hanging on to Opel? / Asians: To save or not save is not the question
Beijing sticking with Marxism, which brought 'hope to impoverished China'
Keating on U.S. Asia strategy: Partnership, readiness and military presence
Seoul: July 4 test revealed North Korea's improved missile accuracy

 
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