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DEFENSE WATCH

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, June 3rd, 2013

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The Latest On Trends And Developments In Aerospace And Defense Cyber Levin. SASC Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) urges President Barack Obama to tell Chinese President Xi Jinping when they meet this week that the United States “will indeed impose real costs on China should they continue to steal our intellectual property.” The Washington Post reports May 28 that more than two dozen weapons programs have been compromised through “cyber exploitation” by Chinese hackers, according to a confidential version of a Defense Science Board…

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