"U.S. officials have told allies they "were fairly confident that the most
sensitive data was destroyed" during the 26 minutes between the accident and
an emergency landing on Hainan, one source said. Nonetheless, that Western
source, after a briefing by U.S. officials, described the arrival on Chinese
soil of the EP-3 as a "fantastic windfall" for China's military
intelligence.
"Given the Chinese ability to reverse-engineer these types of things, the
intelligence loss is pretty serious," he said.
Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), a naval intelligence reservist who was briefed by
Pentagon officials on the situation, said in Washington that there has been
a "considerable" loss of intelligence.
"We don't know how much they got rid of" before the plane landed, he said.
"A lot of stuff is bolted, so it takes a while to get rid of it."
Kirk, who flew on a similar Air Force reconnaissance plane during the Kosovo
air campaign, said the EP-3 lacks any defensive capabilities. "Its sole
ability is the big American insignia on the outside of the fuselage," he
said. "
Hmmmm...that's why there's all this concern over the chinese acquiring the
equipment.
WHo knows..next year this situation might be played out again, only this
time off the coast of the US?
-Gel
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