Night vision goggles. Missile guidance chips. Triggered spark gaps used to detonate nuclear weapons. Electronic sensors used in improvised explosive devices. Military-grade body armor. Digital radios employed by U.S. Special Forces. Tags, to let troops identify one another in the dark. That’s just some of the sensitive military gear that investigators from the Government Accountability Office were able to openly purchase — and then “illegally expor[t] without detection.”
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