Wall Street's short-term incentives have decimated defense industrial base and undermined national security

June 28, 2019
Americans dominated telecommunications production and research, yet in the last 20 years, every American key telecommunications producer is gone.

WASHINGTON – Early this year, U.S. authorities filed criminal charges—including bank fraud, obstruction of justice, and theft of technology—against the largest maker of telecommunications equipment in the world, a Chinese giant named Huawei. The American Conservative reports. Continue reading original article

The Military & Aerospace Electronics take:

28 June 2019 -- Chinese dominance in telecom equipment has created a crisis among Western espionage agencies, who, fearful of Chinese spying, are attempting to prevent the spread of Huawei equipment worldwide, especially in the critical 5G next-generation mobile networking space.

In response to the campaign to block the purchase of Huawei equipment, the company has engaged in a public relations offensive. The company’s CEO, Ren Zhengfei, portrayed Western fears as an advertisement for its products, which are, he said, “so good that the U.S. government is scared.”

There’s little question the Chinese government is interested in using equipment to spy. What is surprising is Zhengfei is right about the products. Huawei, a relatively new company in the telecom equipment space, has amassed top market share because its equipment -- espionage vulnerabilities aside -- is the best value on the market.

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John Keller, chief editor
Military & Aerospace Electronics

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