During the Cold War, the Soviet Union seriously outspent the United States on military equipment. The U.S. and its NATO allies worried that the Russians would have such overwhelming military power that, at any moment, Soviet and Warsaw Pact forces could flood Western Europe, starting with the Fulda Gap, where NATO would be pushed back and defeated.   The problem today is less Russia -- with decent technology but not enough funds to produce great numbers -- than China -- with money to produce, but not yet a great technological base. So China uses ours. American companies face no meaningful export restrictions and they are eager to take advantage of low-cost manufacturing in China and potential access to China's huge domestic market. This has had an impact on Chinese electronics as well as aircraft manufacturing, submarine capabilities, and more. What China has not been able to get from legal American imports, it has worked to acquire by electronic and human...(Read Full Article)