China has been holding classified F-35 stealth parts in Hong Kong since late May 2026.
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China has been holding classified F-35 stealth parts in Hong Kong since late May 2026.
A UPS employee missed a DSV warning email saying the shipment couldn't transit restricted countries under ITAR. The cargo, a cockpit canopy and weapons-bay door from an Australian F-35, went from South Korea straight into Hong Kong on a routine Asian route.
Both parts are coated in classified radar-absorbing material. Lockheed Martin and the Pentagon call them unserviceable and low risk. Congress is investigating whether the stealth coating recipe is compromised.
-Bloomberg.
Source: @Open Source Intel
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