The latest Pentagon report on China is a sobering tale of advancing capability and aggression intentions inside Beijing. The report also illustrates newly developed weapons being fielded by the Chinese military based in part on advanced technology exported by the United States.
"China has the most active ballistic missile program in the world. It is developing and testing offensive missiles, forming additional missile units, qualitatively upgrading certain missile systems, and developing methods to counter ballistic missile defenses," notes the 2008 Defense Department report.
"By November 2007, the PLA had deployed between 990 and 1,070 CSS-6 and CSS-7 short range ballistic missiles (SRBM) to garrisons opposite Taiwan. It is increasing the size of this force at a rate of more than 100 missiles per year, including variants of these missiles with improved ranges, accuracies, and payloads," states the report.
The ominous deployment of over 1,000 missiles was predicted over a decade ago based on the building of bases and facilities to house these missiles. In addition, a new series of Chinese ballistic missiles appear to be aimed directly at the U.S. Navy.
"China is developing an anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM) based on a variant of the CSS-5 medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) as a component of its anti-access strategy. The missile has a range in excess of 1,500 km and, when incorporated into a sophisticated command and control system, is a key component of China's anti-access strategy to provide the PLA the capability to attack ships at sea, including aircraft carriers, from great distances.
"This capability would have particular significance, as it would provide China with preemptive and coercive options in a regional crisis."
The Chinese missile warheads — according to the Defense Department report — are now equipped with advanced radars that can detect and home in on warships as they descend from space. Ironically, the technology required to modify these missiles into carrier-killers was exported during the Clinton administration.
In 1996, Loral Defense was very interested in the export of an advanced military technology to China called synthetic aperture radar or SAR.
A letter in the files of Ron Brown shows that Loral Defense Systems President Jerald A. Lindfelt wrote Brown in March of 1996. Lindfelt sought Brown's help in the export of military grade radar technology to China's State Science and Technology Commission.
Lindfelt's appeal also included a direct request for Ron Brown to over rule the Department of Defense, the State Department and even Brown's own Commerce Department which had all previously denied SAR radar export to China.
"We've worked hard trying to resolve these problems with the Department of State, the Department of Commerce, and the Defense Technology Security Administration (DTSA)," Loral's Lindfelt wrote to Brown.
"But someone in these organizations always manages to block our participation . . . Over the years we have found that this type of obstacle often comes from lower levels of management rather than by people willing to look at the bigger picture. Could you help us by identifying someone in the Commerce Department high enough in the organization to help us resolve these issues and open this marketplace . . ."
Of course, Lindfelt knew he was writing to someone "high enough" in the Commerce Department who could appreciate Loral's plight. Brown had already established a long working relationship to Lindfelt's boss, Bernard Schwartz, from his DNC fundraising days. Lindfelt's letter was not the first from Loral to Brown seeking help, nor was it the first time the administration sought assistance from Loral's CEO, Bernard Schwartz.
In a September 1994 memo to President Clinton, Harold Ickes, then White House chief of staff, informed him that Loral's CEO Bernard Schwartz could be used to raise campaign donations "in order to raise an additional $3,000,000 to permit the Democratic National Committee to produce and air generic TV/radio spots as soon as Congress adjourns."
Ickes then urged Clinton to invite Schwartz to the White House "to impress [him] with the need to raise $3,000,000 within the next two weeks."
In another memo, Ickes informed Clinton that Schwartz "is prepared to do anything he can for the administration."
Between October 1995 and March 1996, as Clinton mulled over whether to ignore the State, Justice, and Defense Departments' reasons against granting Loral waivers to export advanced technology to China, Loral Chairman Bernard Schwartz injected more than $150,000 into the DNC's coffers.
In 1996, then-President Clinton moved control for advanced technology exports to the Commerce Department. As a result, the Chinese National Institute of Remote Sensing quickly won approval for the radar export the Clinton Commerce Department.
According to a declassified document on Chinese laser technology, the "Institute of Remote Sensing" is actually "a developer of optical precision and photoelectric guidance systems for surface-to-air missiles".
After Clinton's decision to lift the ban in Loral's case and to allow the exportation of the company's technology to the Chinese military, Loral CEO Schwartz handed over an additional $300,000 to the DNC.
It is worth noting that Bernard Schwartz continues to play a major role in the Democrat party fundraising, appearing alongside other major donors to Hillary Clinton as convicted felon Norman Shu. Schwartz continues to make donations to the Democratic Party and its associated 527 liberal advocacy groups.
Schwartz has donated nearly $4 million to the DNC and to various presidential hopefuls including Hillary Clinton.
With Loral CEO Schwartz donating so much money to the DNC, it is right for the press to ask Mrs. Clinton of her policy and relationship with such a major donor. It is also correct to seek answers on the direct links between the Chinese army and so many donations that passed through Mrs. Clinton's office during the 1990s.
The result of Clinton's bad judgment now arms Chinese missiles aimed at the U.S. Navy. These missiles are intended to start and win a war with America.
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