Recruitment is said to be ramping up, with former U.K. pilots being offered large paychecks to work for the Chinese.
While training and recruiting pilots is not illegal under U.K. law, the practice presents an intelligence risk as U.K. officials suspect China's military aims to learn about tactics and operations employed by Western pilots.
Recruitment is said to be ramping up, with former pilots being offered large paychecks to work for the Chinese. "We are taking decisive steps to stop Chinese recruitment schemes attempting to headhunt serving and former UK Armed Forces pilots to train People's Liberation Army personnel in the People's Republic of China," an MOD spokesperson told CNBC in a statement.
"All serving and former personnel are already subject to the Official Secrets Act, and we are reviewing the use of confidentiality contracts and non-disclosure agreements across Defence, while the new National Security Bill will create additional tools to tackle contemporary security challenges – including this one," the MOD spokesperson added.
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