Leading UK Research Scientist Gave Talks in China on Weapons Development

Military vehicles, carrying DF-17 missiles, roll in a parade as the PLA commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Communist dictatorship in China in Beijing on Oct. 1, 2019. The Chinese Communist Party's military has shown off a new hypersonic ballistic nuclear missile believed capable of breaching all existing anti-missile shields deployed by the United States and its allies. Ng Han Guan/AP Photo

A British weapons expert developing advanced ballistic capabilities for the country’s armed forces has been on lecture tours in China, it has been revealed.

Clive Woodley gave talks to Chinese arms industry leaders in Beijing while working as a principal scientist at the security company Qinetiq—a contractor for the UK’s Ministry of Defence.