4. The FGM-148 Javelin Anti-Tank Missile
The FGM-148 Javelin (United States Army via Wikimedia Commons)
In 2014, the Chinese regime revealed their new HJ-12 anti-tank missile able to target tanks over 2 miles away, according to China Daily, a state-run newspaper. The weapon can allegedly destroy current generation tanks, including America’s M1 Abrams, Russia’s T-90, and Japan’s Type 90 Kyū-maru. It is manufactured by China’s state-owned company NORINCO, which has also been selling weapons to South Sudan, fueling the civil war there.
China’s HJ-12 Anti-Tank Missile (Screenshot via sohu.com)
The HJ-12 is
strikingly similar to the U.S. FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank missile in size, targeting systems, method of firing, and even basic design.
5. The Sikorsky UH-60 “Black Hawk”
The UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter. (SSGT SUZANNE M. JENKINS/U.S. Air Force via Wikimedia Commons)
In late 2013, China conducted a flight test of a Z-10 helicopter, which closely resembles the U.S. Sikorsky UH-60, popularly known as the “Black Hawk.”
China’s Changhe Z-10 Helicopter. (Shimin Gu/Wikimedia Commons)
In the 1980s, China purchased a civilian version of the Black Hawk, and Pakistani intelligence gave the Chinese regime access to a Black Hawk. Some speculate the supposedly “original” design borrowed liberally from U.S. designs, while retaining a few notable differences like the 5-blade rotor, a larger cabin, and a different landing gear and tail, according to
the Aviationist.
6. The Humvee
A Humvee (U.S. Navy via Wikipedia Commons)
In the late 1980s, AM General, a major vehicle manufacturer based in Indiana, wanted to sell the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle, also known as
the Humvee, to the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA). The PLA rejected the offer, and AM General left one Humvee in China before they left. After seeing the Humvee’s abilities to cross deserts during the Gulf War in 1991, the Chinese military regained interest in the vehicle and gathered the few civilian Humvees that Chinese oil companies had bought in the 1990s as well as the one AM General had left in the mainland. Using reverse engineering, they built a prototype and named it Dongfeng EQ2050.
Dongfeng EQ2050 (Boris van Hoytema via Wikimedia Commons)
AM General sold them car parts to make the Humvee starting in 2004, and AM General also developed operations to make the parts themselves. The only problem was the engine, which was licensed by Cummins. The United States had an arms embargo against China since 1989, when the Chinese regime massacred dozens of pro-democracy students at Tiananmen Square, so US companies were not allowed to sell military goods to China, including any parts used to make the weapon. The exception was “dual use goods,” objects that could be used by civilians and the military. The Chinese regime therefore made a civilian version of the EQ2050, so that Cummins could sell them the engine (although no civilian could actually purchase the vehicle). The Dongfeng EQ2050 is now widely used by the Chinese police and military.
7. The Active Denial System
The Active Denial System. (U.S. Air Force)
Two weeks ago, the Chinese regime showed off its new microwave crowd-control weapon at a military technology exhibition. Mounted on a truck, the WB-1 millimeter-wave beam constructed by the China Poly Group Corporation fires non lethal beams on microwave frequency, heating up the water molecules just beneath the skin and making people feel a painful, burning sensation.
China’s WB-1 Weapon. (Screenshot via china.com)
The weapon replicates the function and purpose of the Active Denial System (ADS), designed by the American defense contractor Raytheon. The ADS was deployed in Afghanistan in 2010, but was never used.
State media say the WB-1 has a range of 80 meters, and it can be enhanced to reach 1 kilometer. It can be used as a riot-control weapon by police, making it dangerous for civilian protesters or dissidents in China.
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1699756-7-military-weapons-china-copied-from-the-united-states/
