Intel Briefs: China could program U.S. collapse

[Confederate Kahanist]

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Semiconductors used in U.S. weapons systems that come from China and other countries could be pre-programmed for failure, according to a report from Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin.

In an exclusive interview with G2 Bulletin, a high-level Pentagon technical expert who asked to remain anonymous warned that such tampering is virtually undetectable. His revelation underscores a growing concern in the U.S. military that with the dwindling manufacture of domestic chips and electronics combined with the burgeoning growth of supplies – especially from China – there is virtually no way to trace the source of any electronic tampering.

Such problems could include programmed shutdown of critical weapons systems or extracting valuable operational data on a weapons system. This problem stems from a decision made years ago for the U.S. military to buy commercial off-the-shelf microprocessors
, thereby increasing the likelihood of pre-programmed codes with a hidden "backdoor" function to cause disruptions.

Now, the Pentagon has no control over what companies will manufacture critical semiconductor components for increasingly complex weapons systems.