В Штатах осудили 2 чел. за контрабанду запчастей к самолетам и ЗРК в Китай
Добрый день!
один американец пакистанского происхождения и один арабского осуждены за попытку переправить в КНР запчасти к истребителям, вертолетам и ЗРК.
Запчасти предназначались для F-4, F-5, F-14 и ЗРК "Хок". Тип вертолета не назван, но можно предположить, что это S-70, которые китайцам поставили в 80-е в к-ве 24 штук.
Заинтересованность китайцев в компонентах Хоков, F-14 и вертолетов понятна. Но на кой им сдались запчасти к F-4 и F-5 - просто уму не постижимо. Правда есть один вариант - с целью перепродажи Ирану. Кстати, компоненты F-14 могли идти туда же.
[LatelineNews: 2003-7-24] WASHINGTON - Two people have been charged with conspiring and attempting to illegally export to China parts for fighter jets, attack helicopters and surface-to-air missiles, U.S. officials said on Thursday.
They said the four-count indictment named Amanullah Khan, who already has been in federal custody in California over another matter. Khan, 54, is a naturalized U.S. citizen and a native of Pakistan.
The other defendant was Ziad Jamil Gammoh, 53, a naturalized U.S. citizen and a native of Jordan. He was arrested without incident this week at his home in Tustin, California, the officials said.
Khan and Gammoh were specifically charged with attempting to export to China controlled U.S. military components for the F-4 and F-5 fighter jets, without obtaining the required export license or authorization from the State Department.
As part of an undercover investigation, federal agents seized the shipments before they left the United States.
According to the indictment, Khan and Gammoh operated United Aircraft & Electronics, a business in Anaheim, California, that purchased and resold aircraft parts to various foreign commercial and government buyers.
As part of an undercover investigation, agents from the Department of Homeland Security's Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement posed as representatives of a fictitious Chinese company called Sino-American Aviation Supply.
Purportedly based in Shenyang, China, it sought to buy U.S. military parts for shipment to China, the officials said.
According to the indictment, undercover agents placed five orders for controlled military parts for fighter jets with the company.
Beginning in November 2000 and continuing through June 2001, the defendants were charged with acquiring several of these components, which they then attempted to export to China.
They also have been charged with conspiring to export parts for F-14 fighter jets, attack helicopters, and Hawk surface-to-air missiles, the officials said. Reuters
С уважением, Василий Кашин
