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Exclusive: Chinese firm linked to secret UK-US fighters
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June 14, 2019
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3:24Now PlayingSky News can reveal that a Chinese-owned company in the UK is helping to make the RAF's top secret, new generation of F35 warplanes.
According to Ministry of Defence publicity material, the printed circuit boards control the plane's core capabilities - including its engines, fuel and navigation systems.
There’s no suggestion that the company which makes them has done anything wrong.
But the Chinese state has long been accused of trying to steal military secrets.
One Conservative MP described the revelations as "breathtaking".
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