U.S. Report Finds U.S. Intel Consistently Wrong On China Buildup

[Ryan Ruck]

U.S. Report Finds U.S. Intel Consistently Wrong On China Buildup

A congressional commission on China reported last week that U.S. intelligence agencies have failed to properly assess Beijing's military buildup and capabilities and were taken by surprise on key developments, including new submarines built in secret.

"The pace and success of China's military modernization continue to exceed U.S. government estimates," stated the annual report of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.

"Indeed, on occasion the U.S. defense and intelligence communities have been taken by surprise, as in the case of the launching of the Jin class submarine by the navy of the People's Liberation Army."

The criticism was a slap at pro-China U.S. intelligence officials, including Thomas Fingar, deputy director of national intelligence for analysis, National Intelligence Officer for East Asia Lonnie Henley, a protégé of convicted China spy Ronald Montaperto, and Dennis Wilder, a CIA official who is now the National Security Council staff senior director for Asia.

"Several Chinese advances have surprised U.S. defense and intelligence officials, and raised questions about the quality of our assessments of China's military capabilities," the commission report said.

China also could launch up to 10 new Shang-class nuclear attack submarines by next year.

The Jin submarine, also known as the Type 094, is a new class of ballistic missile submarine. It was first photographed in the water in late 2006 moored in Xiaopingdao Submarine Base.

The submarine is believed to be equipped with 12 advanced JL-2 SLBMs with a range of about 8,000 kilometers.

"China's defense industry is producing new generations of weapons platforms with impressive speed and quality, and these advancements are due in part to the highly effective manner in which Chinese defense companies are integrating commercial technologies into military systems," the report said.

"Industrial espionage provides Chinese companies an added source of new technology without the necessity of investing time or money to perform research."

[Ryan Ruck]

The China Threat: Another Warning Signal

How many more dire warnings must there be for the United States to realize communist China is a grave national security threat?

The bipartisan U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission has issued its fifth disturbing report about national defense since 2001. China now is the biggest threat to American technology secrets.

Advances by the Chinese military are surprising U.S. intelligence officials. The Defense Department could be outsourcing the manufacturing of weapons and military equipment to Chinese factories.

In an astonishing admission, the Pentagon confessed it did not even have the ability to track where components of military equipment are made.

China also is setting up state-owned companies to maintain control over a dozen crucial industries including oil, telecommunications, shipping, automobiles, steel and information technology. Costly armaments now seem as important to China as free markets.

The report claims U.S. defense and intelligence officials have been surprised by the Chinese, and it raised questions about the quality of American intel to accurately assess China's military capabilities.

That America is so unprepared is surreal. It must get real about self-preservation before it's too late:

This February starts the Chinese year of the rat.

[American Patriot]

Lemme see... how many more warnings? How about when they nuke DC. That might be a warning. Then again, it might be a good thing too.