Another S.E.I.G. Agent (Sharkhunters Eaglehunters Intelligence Group) checks in with this information:

                                              

US Radars sold to China - not Taiwan!!!  The body responsible for Air Traffic Control in Mainland China is called the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC).  Interestingly, it is a branch of the Chinese Air Force.  This means that the PLAAF (People's Liberation Army Air Force) has overall control of ALL air traffic control inside Chinese air space, be it civil or military.  Nothing unusual about that but what is unusual is that they are being assisted in this using radar sets made in the USA!
 

     The PLAAF has recently acquired from an American company, namely Telephonics Corporation of New York, some state of the art radar sets.  The sets in question are mobile, being vehicle mounted, and they are modern and highly sophisticated.  They are of the type called monopulse secondary surveillance radars. 

PLAAF has bought four of them to supplement their now aging air traffic control radars.  As a cost of a million US Dollars per unit, that is a good deal by anyone's standards.  If the clever Chinese are up to their usual shrewd business acumen, they have just acquired the latest word in what can so easily become defense technology. 

     Reverse engineering - remember that phrase?  It is what gave the Russians the B-29 bomber which they copied to the last nut and bolt (including some patches over bullet holes) when a couple landed in the USSR following a raid on Japan in World War II...........not the the Brits are any brighter.  They gave them the Rolls Royce Nene engine which in the Chinese/Russian sponsored tour of Korea (the Korean war) was shooting at SABRE Jets and METEOR fighters and all the UN aircraft it could!
 

    The misguided (and some would say misbegotten!!!) post war British Labour Government thought it was the right thing to do!
 

     Some of these sets have been deployed to eastern and coastal areas of China.  Wonder what might come in over the coast?  No worries - these guys will know, thanks to the sets which they now have.  From the same team, it must be said that supplied the AWACS fleet. 

     That's right - that's AWACS as in USAF and RAF since we Brits screwed up NIMROD and the associated search radar and software.  But there is light at the end of our tunnel - if one of the search radar sets goes down, doubtless one of our Oriental brethren will leap in with a spare micro chip or two to save the day!  It will also come in handy to detect any US Navy or USAF aircraft coming in over the coast, should Taiwan become the next Chinese 'take-away'.

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I guess it is difficult to disguise the fact that this S.E.I.G. Agent is a Brit, eh?

 

 

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