-Caveat Lector- Thursday 12 April 2001 Satellite captures 'reverse engineers' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=003100565149417&rtmo=VDfqSJqK&atmo=99999999 &pg=/et/01/4/12/wsino412.html By Michael Smith, Defence Correspondent SATELLITE imagery showed the Chinese removing equipment from the EP-3 spy plane yesterday, reinforcing the belief among American intelligence agencies that they are already working to copy the design of the plane. Intelligence experts expect the Chinese to "reverse engineer", or replicate, every detail of the sophisticated computer and radio interception technology that was inside the aircraft. America's patrolling spy planes send their signals intelligence to the National Security Agency, the US equivalent of Britain's GCHQ. The NSA has an enormous research and development budget which means its monitoring equipment is by far the most sophisticated in the world. The most recent equipment is kept highly secret, while the Chinese rely on adopting publicly available Western technology. Acquiring this equipment will not only give a huge boost to China's signals intelligence capability, it will also render many Western anti-surveillance measures useless. One insider said: "The EP-3 is a wealth of the most sophisticated electronic surveillance equipment in the world. Given the Chinese ability to reverse-engineer these things, the intelligence loss is pretty serious." ============================================== SPY NEWS is OSINT newsletter and discussion list associated to Mario's Cyberspace Station http://mprofaca.cro.net/mainmenu.html ============================================== *** NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to SPYNEWS eGroup members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ---------------------------------------------- To subscribe SPYNEWS send a blank message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your subscription mode to Daily Digest (one message a day) send a blank message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe SPYNEWS send a blank message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Mario Profaca, independent journalist, SPY NEWS eGroup list owner, editor & moderator, is a member of of the Committee of Concerned Journalists, an initiative administered through the offices of the Project for Excellence in Journalism in Washington, D.C. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] SPY NEWS home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spynews Spy books, handbooks and manuals: http://mprofaca.cro.net/manuals.html ============================================= Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
