U.S. employee error exposes F-35 parts to China
It has been revealed that the delivery of sensitive parts of the F-35 aircraft to China was caused by a logistical error. An employee at UPS sent the shipment through Hong Kong contrary to U.S. export regulations, despite warnings from the Danish shipping company DSV. The shipment included cockpit covers and weapon bay doors coated with radar-absorbing materials, which were rerouted from South Korea and Taiwan to Hong Kong to expedite delivery after a delay in departing Australia. Joint U.S.-Chinese investigations are currently underway, while the U.S. military shipping authority and Lockheed Martin have denied any knowledge of the incident, and the Chinese embassy has also denied being aware of it.
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