Whoa: The U.S. Defense Innovation Board Says China May Be Uncatchable In The Race To Tech Dominance

I at first thought this was a different report from another board that was issued last October (and to which we still haven't linked) but saw the ZD Net story and realized the error

The Defense Innovation Board is comprised of folks with experience in managing technology and probably should be regarded as authoritative. Some of the current employment of the members:

• Chief Digital Officer and Executive Vice President, Microsoft
• Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University
• Vice President, Wireless Services, Google
• Vice President of Global Partnerships and Business Development, Facebook
• Vice President for Research, Carnegie Mellon University
• Technical Advisor, Alphabet, Inc

Here's the roster. 

And from ZD Net, April 5:

We could lose the 5G race to China, warns US Department of Defense
China has taken the lead in 5G development," warns new report - and the US is worried about allies using Chinese 5G networks.

The US risks being left behind in the battle to deploy 5G, with China viewed as the number one player in the field, the US Department of Defense has warned.

A new report on the risks and opportunities presented by the introduction of 5G networks by the Defense Innovation Board – an arms-length consultation panel of the US Department of Defense focusing on technology and innovation – suggests "China has taken the lead in 5G development through a series of aggressive investment and spectrum-allocation initiatives"
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Not only is China is thought to have around 350,000 5G-operable base stations deployed – nearly ten times as many as are deployed across the US – the report says that China is in a good position to promote its 5G technology around the world.

Large Chinese technology manufacturers including Huawei and ZTE are also pushing commercial sales of 5G-enabling equipment and consumer devices, with Huawei in particular rapidly expanding its reach in this area: the report says that the Chinese company has already shipped upwards of 10,000 base stations overseas.

In addition to this, Chinese firms are offering their services to help build individual countries' 5G networks across Europe – despite pressure from American officials demanding that their European allies block Chinese companies, as the US itself has done so already. Huawei and ZTE are again noted by the report to be the most prolific operators in this space....MORE

 The report linked in the second paragraph is:
THE 5G ECOSYSTEM: RISKS & OPPORTUNITIES FOR DoD

The October report from the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission is also an eye-opener and very sobering. Over the last 10-15 years the U.S. government and its intelligence agencies really, really screwed up regarding China and its intentions, to the point it almost has to be willful.
More later this week.