KARAH RUCKER: SOME EXPERTS ARE ACCUSING CHINA OF STEALING U.S. MILITARY SECRETS IN ORDER TO BUILD A FIFTH-GENERATION FIGHTER JET THAT CLOSELY RESEMBLES THAT OF THE U-S MILITARY’S FLEET.

CHINA’S J-20 FIGHTER JET AND THE U.S. F-22 RAPTOR FIGHTER ARE SO SIMILAR – SOME CONSIDER IT A CLOSING OF A ONCE VIRTUALLY INSURMOUNTABLE GAP BETWEEN THE TWO MILITARIES IN TERMS OF TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES.

ACCORDING TO SOURCES WHO SPOKE TO FOX NEWS DIGITAL – THEY SUSPECT CHINA COPIED U-S MILITARY TECHNOLOGY IN ACTS OF ESPIONAGE.

FORMER U.S. DEFENSE OFFICIAL JAMES ANDERSON SAYS CHINA USES A RANGE OF SPY TACTICS TO STEAL CLASSIFIED INFORMATION FROM THE U-S. ANDERSON SAYS THEY USE SPIES ON THE GROUND AND RECRUIT U.S. GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL TO OBTAIN SENSITIVE INFORMATION. HE ALSO CLAIMS CHINA USES CYBER ACTIVITY TO LEARN ABOUT U-S MILITARY SYSTEMS.

THE FORMER GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL IS WARNING THE U-S NEEDS TO DO MORE TO SAFEGUARD ITS MILITARY SECRETS – IN A TIME WHEN THE U-S AND CHINA ARE STAGING WHAT COULD BE OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE BATTLEFIELD IF CHINA WERE TO INVADE TAIWAN.

THERE HAS BEEN A RENEWED FOCUS ON CHINA’S THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY AFTER A CHINESE SPY BALLOON WAS FOUND HOVERING OVER THE U.S. – AND NEAR U.S. MILITARY SITES.