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India rejects China's demand for notification of patrol time
India has rejected China’s proposal for having a bilateral arrangement to notify each other in advance before sending troops on patrol along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

The proposal for setting up a bilateral institutional mechanism was woven into the draft text of the Border Defence Cooperation Agreement (BDCA) that China recently gave to India. New Delhi and Beijing are currently negotiating the proposed agreement, although it is not clear whether it would be ready for signing before Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s maiden visit to India commencing next Sunday.

Indian Army was against disclosing the patrol timings to the Chinese, which would rob off the crucial surprise element in border patrolling. “It’s our territory. We can patrol it whenever we want,” an army officer told Deccan Herald.

China proposed to set up a formal mechanism for more regular “friendly contacts” between the personnel guarding the LAC. The underlying objective is to institutionalise the practices the troops follow while patrolling the 4,057 km line of actual control.

New Delhi, however, was cagey about the proposed deal, because certain clauses of the draft text, if accepted, would require the local units of the army and paramilitary force of one country to inform their counterparts on the other side before sending troops on patrol. The proposed BDCA seeks to consolidate the arrangements New Delhi and Beijing agreed in 1993 and 1996 deals as well as the 2005 protocol for Confidence Building Measures between the armies of the two countries along the LAC.

Negotiation on the agreement has taken the centre stage in the wake of the face-to-face situation in Depsang Bulge along the LAC in eastern Ladakh.
After both sides withdrew troops, New Delhi is “carefully considering” the draft text of the proposed agreement. Sources said India had not committed itself to signing the pact with China as a precondition for the withdrawal of Chinese troops.

New Delhi may insist on modifying the text of the draft agreement to accommodate concerns of the Indian Army and paramilitary forces guarding the LAC. Meanwhile, local army commanders from either side of the border met at the customary border personnel meeting at Nathu La (Sikkim) on Wednesday. A brigadier rank officer from the Indian Army and a Senior Colonel from the People's Liberation Army, headed the respective delegation.

This is the second BPM between the two sides after the first one at Chusul (Ladakh) on May 1.

A third BPM will be held in Bum La (Arunachal Pradesh) on May 30, which will be followed by two more BPM in September and October. The frequency and venue of these BPMs are pre-decided.

India insisted on early settlement of border dispute to fulfil its “strategic objective”, to advance the basic interests of both nations. Exchange of maps delineating the respective perception of the LAC could be one of the forward movement, though there is no clarification on what would be the approach to such exchange.

India and China exchanged maps of the central sector of the LAC more than 10 years ago, but the western and eastern sectors remain contentious.
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vivek_ahuja wrote: Let's just say that trying to get that over-sized engine inside that fuselage defeats quite a few aerodynamic purposes of the design.
Clearest case yet of how far behind Chinese propulsion tech is and how much it needs to go.
They are so busy trying to make things LOOK more advanced and more potent than it actually is, that its become funny to me now.

-Vivek
Oh. Hmmm. Interesting to note.
I have to admit, I never believed in the reports about "saving-face" aspect of their culture, until I met some of them.

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vivek_ahuja wrote:
Sid wrote:It's looks a lot more like BAE Taranis, except that oversized engine.

They are making big leaps.
You are assuming that just because this thing looks like the BAE design and can fly makes it a big leap. This is not necessarily so (well, perhaps it is from PR standpoint, but that's another argument). I understand that they are trying to learn by copying and that this represents the first steps. So down the line this experience might pay off for them (everybody has to start somewhere, right?). And so maybe later they will get more advanced designs out that actually are impressive.

But their lack of innovation is on full display with this model and is quite frankly, laughable. Not one original thought on display. I am not even sure they fully grasp the technological evolutionary path that has led to this design.

But, pliss to note, saar: personal opinion onlee. :)
But who cares about innovation when your system can work up-to 30% to 50% of X-47 capabilities. That is still a big number. Look at A-100E, its no less lethal then Smerch. Now even pokies have it.

If produced in numbers, any of these un-innovative designs can prove fatal even to big A. If exported to Porkies, its lethal for us as well. Our forces will be scrambling to get an equivalent system as soon as Porkies get their hands on it.

It would have been laughable if they had indulged everyone like Iranians, who display card-board mock-ups just for media consumption.

P.S. We arm-chair generals can only assume ji, rest is up to uperwala and Chinese "bhai" log.
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fat fuselage could mean a smallish engine + a large volume for internal bombs and sensors. khan ucavs tend to emphasize VLO with small internal payloads because khan has the most precision munitions, so maybe Cheen is taking another approach to use the quality of internal weapons they can provide.
it could also indicate more internal fuel, to feed a somewhat less cutting edge engine.

this and Ghawk sized UAV under development clearly shows they want to match khan 1:1 in high end kit...and money is not really any restriction now. russian and ukrainian scientists will be happy to lend a hand.
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the electronics part of the kit will be much tougher to get to imo.

But good effort chinese people. good on you to produce a copy so quickly.

34.50 :)
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PRC= Pucca Replicator Copiers
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Are they copying our short stubby aircraft? Har! Now we wipe them from the sky with our reconstituted F-15 eagles! Long and lean and darn good looking too!

Look at this beauty:

http://gizmodo.com/5174595/new-f+15-sil ... warmongers

Beauty wins! And cheap too!

When I was in the 7th grade I dreamed of this type of A/C. Got in trouble for drawing them in study hall too. Then I became an A-4M avionics tech. My dreams were quickly grounded. :rotfl: Should of went into helicopters and been a crew chief. And I could have been very quickly dead too. :(
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^^Ya Arrah it is indeed a thing of beauty. Although it is but a child of 6 can we buy it? We will only consummate at 9 if you deliver that is... Or are you amirkhans keeping her for your harem? Only...
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Silent eagle would have been a better and cheaper bet than rafale.
Lots of new eagles are being produced for saudis, singapore, south korea and surely they will order more. Japan might buy in also.

Would have given us the worlds best strike plane with cheapest munitions
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Boeing did not place the Eagle on the table. That was never an option.
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NRao wrote:Boeing did not place the Eagle on the table. That was never an option.
Wasn't that because tender was for MMRCA and there is nothing medium in F-15.

But Amrekis had the audacity to send their F-16s for this competition, selling the same stuff as Porkis.
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This off topic but I just gotta say:
From wiki:
For India's ongoing MMRCA competition, Boeing offered a customized variant called F/A-18IN, which included Raytheon's APG-79 AESA radar.[102] In August 2008, Boeing submitted an industrial participation proposal to India describing partnerships with companies in India.[103] The Indian Air Force (IAF) extensively evaluated the Super Hornets and conducted field trials in August 2009.[104] However, in April 2011, the IAF rejected F/A-18IN's bid in favor of the Eurofighter Typhoon and Dassault Rafale.[105]

If you won't buy that, you won't buy the F-15 either.

I wish India success in their Euro and Russian aircraft. India got the best deal. So be happy!

Let China copy our short stubby aircraft. We will see who is the best operator of short stubby aircraft. From what I see the US is completely sold on short stubby a/c. Long and lean a/c are merely a school boy's dream as far as the US is concerned. China and the US will eventually see this out. I have no doubt of that. The world may be surprised what the US can do w/o a GPS system and still use UCLASS. Will China?
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The rafale and ef are both on heavier side and long range....the eagle is a bit bigger but nearly same size as the super hornet.
The mrca was a total misnomer.

If the super hornet is qualifying, then so the eagle....a much better airframe than super hornet imo and equal or better in radar, weapons and sensor pkg if one looks at soko or singapore models.

Unit cost loaded will likely be cheaper or equal to rafale
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For a moment I thought I was in the MMRCA thread. Then I saw that it said "China Military Watch" on the top so I thought perhaps all this has something to do with the Chinese military.

But alas, my naive brain prevents me from seeing this connection.

Might those talking about F-15s and Rafales care to explain to this nanha mujahid? :)
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Mrca is like f solah , yyy and red fort the pakis. The dream refuses to die and we see it in every issue

On a more serious note imagine what a squad of 60 strike eagles loaded with khan std pgm and tanker , awacs support could do to the cheen infra in tibet.
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Singha wrote:Silent eagle would have been a better and cheaper bet than rafale.
Lots of new eagles are being produced for saudis, singapore, south korea and surely they will order more. Japan might buy in also.

Would have given us the worlds best strike plane with cheapest munitions

second best.

best would have been Rafale.
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Strike eagle vs rafale

Eagle has cft so all pylons devoted to munitions
Higher top speed
Bigger radar, 3rd gen aesa
Two seater as standard
Cheaper munitions in general
Bigger user base
Heavier payload with pylons going back to near the tailpipe
New jdraam will match the meteor
Amraam outranges the mica even in c7 incarnation

Rafale does score in being more manouverable in a2a role but for that we have the mki as prime mover.

Like most khanish stuff, it aint that pretty or stylish, but is field proven , contractor grade and gets the job done on a timely industrial scale basis.
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Y-7 AEW. Chinese version of US E-2 Hawkeye AEW.

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the striptease begins again!
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Raja Mohan on the Sino-Pak threat to India,esp. in the naval sphere.The usual apologists for the Midddle Kingdom are all coming out of the woodwork to support the appeasers and quislings before the visit of "Leaky-King".

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/sinop ... n/1117018/
Sino-Pak Alliance: Naval and Nuclear Cooperation
C. Raja Mohan : New Delhi, Fri May 17 2013,

The unrealistic expectations in India from Li Keqiang's visit to Delhi and Mumbai next week are likely to be tempered when weighed against the Chinese premier's agenda in Pakistan. Li flies from India to Pakistan and from there to Switzerland and Germany.

Sections of India's foreign policy establishment have long cultivated the illusion that improved relations with China might result in a more balanced approach in Beijing towards Delhi and Islamabad.

News reports from Pakistan say Li is likely to sign an accord on further development of the Gwadar port on the Balochistan coast. Li's talks are also likely to focus on civilian nuclear cooperation, the reports say.

Official media reports from Beijing do not mention either agreement, but simply reaffirm China's commitment to deepen the strategic partnership with Pakistan. Naval and nuclear cooperation between the two countries has a long history and Delhi must expect them to advance in the coming years.

Together the two areas underline the enduring tension that China's alliance with Pakistan generates for Sino-Indian relations. This can't be papered over by the usual rhetoric in Delhi and Beijing about their shared global interests.

Pakistan has recently transferred the operational control over the Gwadar port, which was constructed with Beijing's assistance, from Singaporean firm to a Chinese one. While the Gwadar port can't serve as a naval base at this moment, Delhi's military planners must necessarily assume such an option exists for Beijing in the future.

That premise is realistic, since China's stakes in the Indian Ocean are growing rapidly. Meanwhile Chinese naval arms transfers to Pakistan have acquired a new intensity and are creating a basis for interoperability between the two navies.

More immediately, India is faced with a nuclear problem that it cannot really ignore. It is about Beijing's opposition to India's integration with the global nuclear order and China's determination to ensure Pakistan's nuclear parity with India.

History reminds us that without China's support, Pakistan could not have easily become a nuclear weapon power. Even as Delhi reconciled to that fact, it had to confront Chinese resistance to the historic U.S. initiative to end India's nuclear isolation during 2005-08.

Since then, Beijing, in violation of international rules, has agreed to supply civilian nuclear reactors to Pakistan. Islamabad is now pressing Beijing to convert the one time sale into a formal agreement for civil nuclear cooperation.

If this is not bad enough, Beijing has been opposing the U.S. effort to promote India's membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group, an international forum that sets the rules for global nuclear commerce.

In his public remarks during his recent visit to China, the external affairs minister Salman Khurshid ducked the questions on Beijing's nuclear tilt against India. In his talks with Li on Monday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh needs to make it clear that China's current nuclear policy towards India is hostile and unacceptable.

(C. Raja Mohan is a Distinguished Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation, Delhi and a contributing editor of The Indian Express)
- See more at: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/sinop ... WvtAw.dpuf
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Selamat Pagi wrote:Y-7 AEW. Chinese version of US E-2 Hawkeye AEW.

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Proof once again our plan is proceeding as expected.
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Chinese Army No Longer a Threat, Top U.S. General Says
"I believe that the Army is extremely well suited to conduct continuous engagement with the Chinese because our army-to-army forces are literally, at this point, not a threat to each other," Wiercinski said.

"Our engagements with disaster management exercises, military medicine, engineering projects -- these are all peacekeeping operations. These are excellent opportunities for us to get into mil-to-mil discussions," he said. "I can only hope those will continue in the future."
U.S. sees China launch as test of anti-satellite muscle: source
"We tracked several objects during the flight but did not observe the insertion of any objects into orbit and no objects associated with this launch remain in space," said Lieutenant Colonel Monica Matoush, a Pentagon spokeswoman.

The rocket reached 10,000 km (6,250 miles) above Earth, the highest suborbital launch seen worldwide since 1976, according to Jonathan McDowell at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
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Singha wrote:Strike eagle vs rafale

Eagle has cft so all pylons devoted to munitions
Higher top speed
Bigger radar, 3rd gen aesa
Two seater as standard
Cheaper munitions in general
Bigger user base
Heavier payload with pylons going back to near the tailpipe
New jdraam will match the meteor
Amraam outranges the mica even in c7 incarnation

Rafale does score in being more manouverable in a2a role but for that we have the mki as prime mover.

Like most khanish stuff, it aint that pretty or stylish, but is field proven , contractor grade and gets the job done on a timely industrial scale basis.

Rafale ke paas SPECTRA hai!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPECTRE
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Singha wrote:Strike eagle vs rafale

Eagle has cft so all pylons devoted to munitions
Higher top speed
Bigger radar, 3rd gen aesa
Two seater as standard
Cheaper munitions in general
Bigger user base
Heavier payload with pylons going back to near the tailpipe
New jdraam will match the meteor
Amraam outranges the mica even in c7 incarnation

Rafale does score in being more manouverable in a2a role but for that we have the mki as prime mover.

Like most khanish stuff, it aint that pretty or stylish, but is field proven , contractor grade and gets the job done on a timely industrial scale basis.
1.mica is superior to amraam.
2. rfale is also nuclear strike.
3. jdraam is far away. meteor is here already.
4. spectra.
5. french support for quick reconfig in war. after sales support in war not strong US point. :)
6. a2a.
7. french intelligence support + nuke support given through this mechanism. on US side lesser.
8. lastly...we have the lca tejas= f 16 XL, which was better than the strike eagle..remember ?!!!! :)
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TSJones wrote:
Selamat Pagi wrote:Y-7 AEW. Chinese version of US E-2 Hawkeye AEW.

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Proof once again our plan is proceeding as expected.
And what plan is that? :roll:
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mahadevbhu wrote: 1.mica is superior to amraam.
2. rfale is also nuclear strike.
3. jdraam is far away. meteor is here already.
4. spectra.
5. french support for quick reconfig in war. after sales support in war not strong US point. :)
6. a2a.
7. french intelligence support + nuke support given through this mechanism. on US side lesser.
8. lastly...we have the lca tejas= f 16 XL, which was better than the strike eagle..remember ?!!!! :)
1. It isn't.
2. You could configure the HAL Kiran for nuclear strike. It is ultimately a dumb bomb.
3. Aim-120D has been in production for a while now. And unlike the Meteor, its affordable.
4. Spectra is not a technology, its an integrated system ESM-ECM system employing RWR and jammers. While the plain vanilla F-15E is considerably less refined, the F-15SE Silent Eagle is different prospect.
5. Israelis assisted in the quick reconfig. The French kicked up a fuss afterwards.
6. Silent Eagle.
7. French intelligence wrt to the region is not particularly prized (unlike US intelligence) and nuclear cooperation is administered through different protocols.
8. :sigh:
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Viv S wrote: 1. It isn't.
2. You could configure the HAL Kiran for nuclear strike. It is ultimately a dumb bomb.
3. Aim-120D has been in production for a while now. And unlike the Meteor, its affordable.
4. Spectra is not a technology, its an integrated system ESM-ECM system employing RWR and jammers. While the plain vanilla F-15E is considerably less refined, the F-15SE Silent Eagle is different prospect.
5. Israelis assisted in the quick reconfig. The French kicked up a fuss afterwards.
6. Silent Eagle.
7. French intelligence wrt to the region is not particularly prized (unlike US intelligence) and nuclear cooperation is administered through different protocols.
8. :sigh:
1. kaise pata?
2. to go lo lo lo carrying a big bertha bomb on any of its suitable hardpoints? not. rafale is well engineered, structurally.
3. meteor has the ramjet . all comparisons are moot now :)
4. spectra nahin saar, Spectre, bhai Spectre. James Bond nahin patha hai kya ? :)
5. not. ref: k p nayar telegraphindia.com
6. tibet par all fighting and bombing will require high alt skill. rafa>f15 due to delta.
7. but they give it to us. their technology and instrumentation is very good. no david c headleys.
8. that's kind pf true .....f16xl load+range, was pretty good. anyways, f 15, kitna dethi hai ? :)
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pravula wrote:
Selamat Pagi wrote:Y-7 AEW. Chinese version of US E-2 Hawkeye AEW.

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And what plan is that? :roll:
It has been modified from the Y-7. It was made smaller and lower to fit into the carrier.
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^^^^^ To copy our inferior technology that does not meet mission requirements!
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mahadevbhu wrote: Rafale ke paas SPECTRA hai!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPECTRE
Lol, I think Cobra Commander is much more impressived.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_Command
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China fooling India again... Indian defense and politicians will again believe the charm of china now. Then again few months down the line CHINESE ARMY WILL AGAIN INVADE.....

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china is competing with the US whether in market size, roads, aviation, weapons projects often on a 1:1 gap filler basis like here.
here is a brochure on their wing kit SDB interpretation
http://chinesemilitaryreview.blogspot.i ... b-sdb.html

while critics may scoff at all these not being cutting edge..we all know they just need to be 50% as good as the US counterpart to be a great danger in the indian context. they are advancing on a broad front of technical projects not just selective projects now.

imagine the kind of threat their armed forces will be in 2025...when they have digested even more of electronics, materials and precision manufacturing technology from all comers and merged that into their own innovations and workflow.

comparing OFB or BEML/BEL will not be remotely funny then.....the only way we can survive is to make these quasi-private under outside management and let them tie up and work without whoever is willing around the world , ranging from "rogue" ukrainian scientists upto Boeing. the old sarkari payscales, timelines and science project mentality is going to GUARANTEE us a major league thrashing in the coming times...I can write that and hope to make money on this prediction. disparity will be so heavy both the indian political and military leadership will have no stomach for any sort of fight and be forced to give in to whatever the dragon wants.
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China deploys Su-27 fighters in Tibet, can target key Indian air bases

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New Delhi: China's all-weather fighter base in Tibet is now widening its range of options in the event of a conflict with India. Intelligence intercepts and satellite monitoring has confirmed that China may have to some extent overcome Tibet's extreme altitude and temperatures to operationalise an all-weather airfield near the Tibetan capital Lhasa.

The airfield is Gonkar, where China has deployed Su-27 fighters. Sources told CNN-IBN that the Gonkar airfield will enable Chinese fighters to widen their selection of Indian targets from Ladakh to Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh. Sources say Gonkar is a direct response to the Indian Air Force stationing Su-30MKI fighters in Chabua and Tezpur in Assam. These fighters with a combat radius of about 1,000 km can hit targets deep in Tibet and mainland China.

"I would say the development of Gonkar airfield started well before the upgradation by us of our defence infrastructure, which has taken off only in the past five to seven years. Gonkar started off much earlier, they had started building underground hangars and defence and began positioning their fighter aircraft there," former RAW officer Jaidev Ranade said.

The Chinese Air Force Su-27 fighters were observed in the winters and now with the onset of summer, they are still there, which suggests that China has built up infrastructure for their support.
It is advantage China since Gonkar is at an altitude of 16,000 feet. The fighters can take off only with less weapons payload or fuel. China has probably solved the problem by stationing an aerial refuelling aircraft at Gonkar or nearby. This will increase the range and endurance of the Su-27s.

With recent developments at Raki Nala in eastern Ladakh, the implications are clear. China has been
engaged in a deliberate upping of the diplomatic and military pressure on India, probing for weaknesses, testing India's resolve with the expectation that India will blink and back down.
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chinese are fooling india royally . chinese pm visit is deception by chinese.
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Go by the actions of the chinese , see what and how they are doing and respond in kind .. but this is itself in a way reactive for a 'buddhist' india :D .Ideally to take on a bigger bully one has to be proactive ! ..for that those in power need to grow some ###s
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Face-offs continue; China has built 5km road inside Indian territory
Reports say China has managed to construct a road up to Finger-IV area in Ladakh, which also falls under Siri Jap area and is 5km deep into Indian side of LAC.
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Confidential report lists U.S. weapons system designs compromised by Chinese cyberspies
A list of the U.S. weapons designs and technologies compromised by hackers

Weapon designs and technologies compromised

The following is reproduced from the nonpublic version of the
Defense Science Board report “Resilient Military Systems and the Advanced Cyber Threat”:


Table 2.2 Expanded partial list of DoD system designs and technologies compromised via cyber exploitation

SYSTEM DESIGNS

Terminal High Altitude Area Defense
Patriot Advanced Capability-3
Extended Area Protection and Survivability System (EAPS)
F-35
V-22
C-17
Hawklink
Advanced Harpoon Weapon Control System
Tanker Conversions
Long-term Mine Reconnaissance System
Global Hawk
Navy antenna mechanisms
Global Freight Management System
Micro Air Vehicle
Brigade Combat Team Modernization
Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System
USMC Tracked Combat Vehicles
Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T)
T700 Family of Engines
Full Authority Digital Engine Controller (FADEC)
UH-60 Black Hawk
AMRAAM (AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile)
Affordable Weapons System
Littoral Combat Ship
Navy Standard Missile (SM-2,3,6)
P-8A/Multi-Mission Aircraft
F/A and EA-18
RC-135 Detect./Collect.
Mk54 Light Weight Torpedo

TECHNOLOGIES
Directed Energy
UAV video system
Specific Emitter identification
Nanotechnology
Dual Use Avionics
Fuze/Munitions safety and development
Electronic Intelligence Processing
Tactical Data Links
Satellite Communications

Electronic Warfare
Advanced Signal Processing Technologies for Radars
Nanostructured Metal Matrix Composite for Light Weight Ballistic Armor
Vision-aided Urban Navigation & Collision Avoidance for Class I Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAV)
Space Surveillance Telescope
Materials/processing technologies
IR Search and Track systems
Electronic Warfare systems
Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch
Rail Gun
Side Scan sonar
Mode 5 IFF
Export Control, ITAR, Distribution Statement B,C,D Technical Information
CAD drawings, 3D models, schematics
Software code

Critical technology
Vendor/supply chain data
Technical manuals
PII (email addresses, SSN, credit card numbers, passwords, etc.)
Attendee lists for program reviews and meetings
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