Serious Security Concerns Over Chinese Cellphone Technology
New warnings are emerging about the potential threat to American nuclear weapons posed by Chinese cellphone technology.
The technology is made by Chinese telecom company Huawei, which has been in the news a lot lately.
Most recently, they sued the U.S. government for banning their technology because it’s considered a national security threat.
For that reason, American telecom giants don’t use Huawei, but smaller cellphone networks do.
And some of those companies cover rural areas where the U.S. military houses its nuclear missiles. That, experts say, is a serious concern.
Hidden beneath a vast, snowy prairieland in central Montana are more than 100 nuclear-armed, intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), ready for launch.
It’s desolate terrain, but vital to American national security, which experts worry could face a threat from China.
A fenced-in area houses a missile silo, controlled by Malmstrom Air Force Base. Right next to it is a cell tower belonging to a company call...