Stealth Bomber Engineer Sentenced to 32 Years

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A former B-2 stealth bomber engineer who lived on Maui has been sentenced to 32 years in prison for selling military secrets to China. Noshir Gowadia “broke his oath of loyalty to this country,” Chief U.S. District Judge Susan Oki Mollway said. “He was found guilty of marketing valuable technology to foreign countries for personal gain.” Prosecutors said Gowadia, 66, helped China design a stealth cruise missile in order to help pay the $15,000-a-month mortgage on a multimillion dollar home overlooking the ocean on Maui.

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