As the U.S. failed to test launch a polar sonic missile, the media revealed that China is using a supercomputer designed by Feiteng Information Technology to simulate the high heat and drag of a polar sonic missile through the atmosphere to gain an advantage. The supercomputer is said to be driven by a chip designed with U.S. software and manufactured in TSMC with confidential U.S. machinery.
According to an April 7 report by the Central News Agency (CNA) from Washington, D.C., the U.S. Air Force failed to test-fire an airborne supersonic missile on April 6, and the missile could not be detached from the launcher; on the other hand, the Chinese Communist Party used the gray area between military and civilian use to gain an advantage in supersonic weapons by using chips produced by TSMC’s U.S. technology.
“The Washington Post pointed out that a U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber took off from California’s Edward Air Force Base on the morning of April 6 with a new missile called the Air-Related Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW); this new missile can fly at supersonic speeds of five times The new missile can travel at supersonic speeds of up to five times the speed of sound, and is used to break through enemy air defenses.
But the U.S. military this weapon but failed to launch from the wing. The U.S. Air Force said in a statement today that “for unknown reasons on board, the test missile failed to complete the firing sequence.
Another WaPo report suggests that at a hidden military facility in southwest China, China is using a “supercomputer” designed by PhytiumTechnology to run rapid calculations to simulate the high heat and drag of a supersonic missile traveling through the atmosphere. The Chinese Communist Party could use such missiles against U.S. ships or Taiwan.
Analysts say that China’s Feiteng supercomputer is powered by chips designed with U.S. software and manufactured in Taiwan’s TSMC using classified U.S. machinery. Feiteng, which describes itself as a private company that aspires to become a global chip giant like Intel, has concealed its links to the People’s Liberation Army’s research arm.
The report, China’s polar-sonic missile testing facility, is located at the China Aerodynamic Research and Development Center (CARDC). The head of this center is a major general in the PLA. The partnership between Feiteng and CARDC is a perfect example of China quietly using U.S. technology to convert civilian technology into military use. Such advanced chips, which China can obtain legally, are at the heart of the global high-tech supply chain and are difficult to monitor because they can be used in both commercial data centers and military supercomputers.
The Trump administration was set to blacklist Fetion and several other Chinese companies from exporting to them late last year, but it didn’t make it to the road, WaPo noted. U.S. companies have also complained that such export controls would hurt their profits and allow China to shift its business elsewhere or even develop its own.
Although the Chinese Aerodynamic Research and Development Center and other PLA entities have been listed under U.S. sanctions, the Communist Party’s military has been able to acquire U.S. semiconductor technology through civilian companies like Feiteng.
Experts say that polar sonic weapons are a key emerging military technology, and that the CCP is able to target U.S. ships and air bases in the Pacific Ocean with polar sonic weapons.
Although the Chinese Aerodynamic Research and Development Center and other PLA entities have been listed under U.S. sanctions, the Communist military has been able to acquire U.S. semiconductor technology through civilian companies such as Feiteng.
Mark Li, an analyst at Sanford Bernstein Research, said TSMC is in no position to voluntarily cut off business with Feiteng unless the U.S. puts it on the sanctions list.
It’s not up to TSMC to police the U.S., it’s up to the politicians,” he said. China is the largest market for semiconductors, and to give up business without breaking the law would be unaccountable to shareholders,” he said.
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