Why China has to steal military technology … well, until Obama

Communist China needs to steal technology, including military, for the same reasons the USSR did, as this excerpt pointedly describes:

But is China vulnerable to such a linkage policy? The short answer is yes because Communist China, like its Soviet predecessor, has hit the innovation roadblock. In his 1968 essay directed to his country's leadership, the premier Soviet nuclear scientist Andrei Sakharov warned "that a society that restricts intellectual freedom and prevents the free exchange of ideas would be unable to compete with societies that unleash the creative potential of their people." He went on to compare the race between the US and the USSR to one between two cross country skiers traversing deep snow. If the dictatorships seem to be catching up fast, it is only because they follow in the tracks already smoothed out by democracies. Lack of freedom consigns "fear societies" to the role of followers, never leaders since "a fear society must parasitically feed off the resources of others to recharge its batteries."

The United States may have been weak over the years in stopping the theft – at least two weapons-lab incidents come to mind, as well as a fallen missile, which they graciously delayed us from retrieving until after they scavenged the circuit boards.  But we have refrained from selling them military technology, although those restrictions were a favorite of President Clinton's to loosen.

Concerning aircraft, President Reagan sold them the S-70, a civilian version of the Blackhawk helicopter (UH-60), and then a few years later cut off repair parts when China wasn't playing well with others.

Now comes the C-130, a versatile cargo transport.  Although the original model is 50 years old, it's been upgraded numerous times, and is in wide military use throughout the world.  It is also legions beyond anything China presently uses.

So, hey, let's sell them some!  I mean, they can only use it to transport troops and equipment that short 150-mile jaunt of open water to Taiwan.  And with a range easily exceeding 2,000 miles, they can avoid water and pop into any of the neighboring countries within which they love to foster political unrest.  The plane can, after all, land and take off on undeveloped runways.  The sales also bring the operational benefit of matching Taiwan's fleet of C-130s.  It's perfect!

This is stimulus that Barry can get behind!  Too bad it spells d-a-n-g-e-r for everyone else in operational distance.

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