Report: Missile Tech 'Funded by US Taxpayers, Through the US Government,' Ends Up in China -...

Research groups for China's hypersonics and missile program are buying specialized American technology produced by firms funded by the Pentagon, according to a Washington Post investigation released Monday. The Post found over 300 sales since 2019 of advanced software products from nearly 50 U.S. firms to research groups involved in China's missile development program. Many of the firms that developed these products received millions of dollars in grants from the Department of Defense. The companies are finding their way around U.S. export bans by selling to private Chinese middleman distributors