CCP Offered $15 Million to Taiwanese Pilot to Defect With US-Made Army Helicopter

The pilot was offered the bribe to steal a Chinook helicopter and land it on a CCP navy aircraft carrier.
CCP Offered $15 Million to Taiwanese Pilot to Defect With US-Made Army Helicopter
A CH-47 Chinook helicopter carries a Taiwan flag during national day celebrations in Taipei on Oct. 10, 2021. Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty Images
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A Taiwanese pilot was offered $15 million by communist China to land a U.S.-made CH-47 Chinook helicopter on a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) navy aircraft carrier.

The details were revealed in a Taiwan court on Dec. 11 as part of the largest communist spy ring case in the self-ruled liberal democratic island in a decade. It involves 10 people, most of whom are Taiwanese active duty and retired military personnel.

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