Our great state of Nebraska is home to a number of American military assets, including Offutt Air Force Base and nuclear missile silos. We are proud of our role in the national defense— although the sensitive areas in our state can make us a target at times.
Over a decade ago, intelligence agencies began to notice Chinese-made communications equipment multiplying across the rural Midwest. Chinese technology was placed on top of cell towers in Nebraska as well as nearby Colorado and Montana. Curiously, these technologies were clustering near critical military locations.
When the Federal Bureau of Investigation looked into this phenomenon, it found that the Chinese company Huawei was regularly selling equipment to rural providers at cheap prices that seemed unprofitable. In these cases, the equipment would be located next door to American military assets.
