Clarke, like the rest of the world, knows China is sending compromised electronics to the U.S. by the boatload, to be used in military vehicles from submarines to fighter jets, and that many of them are poor quality, counterfeit, and worthless, but he thinks they hold another secret.
He believes the Chinese, already known for their industrial espionage, and electronic subterfuge, have built "logic bombs," "Trojan horses," and trapdoors into all manner of electronic components that could be activated at a moments notice, sending a digital apocalypse to the U.S. military with a few simple keystrokes.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/former-pentagon-official-says-all-us-electronics-from-china-could-have-built-in-trapdoors-2012-3#ixzz1qbaHxZy1
