US Move to Block Spy Planes From UK Over Huawei Plans Could Be ‘Warning Shot’ to Other Countries: Defence Expert

US Move to Block Spy Planes From UK Over Huawei Plans Could Be ‘Warning Shot’ to Other Countries: Defence Expert
A woman wearing a mask to protect against COVID-19 stands near an advertisement for Huawei mobile phones in Beijing on March 8, 2020. Ng Han Guan/AP Photo
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Last week, British newspaper The Telegraph reported that the U.S. Senate is considering blocking the deployment of spy planes to Britain as a result of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to allow Chinese telecom giant Huawei to participate in the country’s 5G network.

The move, suggested as a provision to the U.S. National Defence Authorization Act for the next fiscal year, calls for the prohibition of the “stationing of new aircraft at bases in host countries with at-risk vendors in their 5G or 6G networks.”

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