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US spy planes could be pulled from Britain as White House
conducts major Huawei review
RC-135s at risk after Britain lets Chinese telecoms giant build 5G network
By Ben Riley-Smith, US EDITOR
4 May 2020 • 9:00pm
"The White House has launched a major review looking at whether spy planes, intelligence officials and other US assets need to be pulled out of Britain after Downing Street agreed Huawei can help build its 5G network.
Half a dozen sources including current US and UK officials have told The Telegraph that the review - not yet announced in public - is underway, carrying potential ramifications for the ‘special relationship’.
Every military and intelligence asset the Americans have in Britain is being assessed to understand the knock-on implications of letting Huawei, the Chinese tech giant, construct part of the new wireless network.
A group of RC-135s, highly sophisticated reconnaissance aircraft based in Britain that are used to gather intelligence from the battlefield, are thought to be among the most vulnerable, according to well-placed sources…."
moar pay wall:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/05/04/us-spy-planes-could-pulled-britain-white-house-conducts-major/
I know, thinking same, not mine but still FunnyAF