China, with control of 5G, will be
in a position to remotely manipulate the world's devices. In peacetime, Beijing
could have the ability to drive cars off cliffs, unlock front doors, and turn
off pacemakers. In war, Beijing could paralyze critical infrastructure.
There is no mystery to how Beijing
thinks it will grab control.... The Chinese will use Huawei Technologies....
Huawei is a dagger aimed at the heart of America, and as the unnamed adviser...
suggests, the threat is a mortal one.
. . .
"A prominent Republican who
advises President Donald Trump called America's 5G strategy 'the biggest
strategic disaster in U.S. history,'" wrote China-watcher David Goldman
recently.
Many people will regard that as an
exaggeration, but America's failure to have a 5G strategy will almost certainly
prove to have historic consequences.
"5G" is shorthand for the
fifth generation of wireless communication.
"In the very near future,
dominating the wireless world will be tantamount to dominating the world,"
wrote Newt Gingrich in Newsweek in February. That is not an
exaggeration.
Why not? With speeds 2,000 times
faster than existing 4G networks, 5G will permit near-universal connectivity to
homes, vehicles, machines, robots, and everything plugged into the Internet of
Things (IoT).
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