U.S. is selling F35s to Saudi Arabia. Some worry the tech may wind up in Chinas hands.
News Source : BBC News
News Summary
- Saudi Arabia has sought for years to buy the world's most advanced warplane.
- Washington had resisted, partly because it supplies F-35s to its ally Israel.
- Congress has 30 days to scrutinise or attempt to block the $24bn (£17.8bn) sale to Riyadh.
- Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi of Illinois, a Democrat, opposed the sale on Thursday.
- He warned "it could put the crown jewels of American military technology within reach of the Chinese Communist Party"
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