British Army risks giving Beijing a real-time window into battlefield operations via Chinese-made 3D printers

By EJ Ward Britain risks handing Beijing a “live feed” of sensitive industrial and defence data through its reliance on Chinese-made 3D printers, a leading European manufacturer has warned. Listen to this article Loading audio… Josef Pr?ša, Founder and CEO of Prusa Research, writing exclusively for LBC Opinion, said the UK must treat 3D-printing technology as “strategic infrastructure”, warning that China’s near-total control of the global market poses a security threat comparable to the Huawei 5G controversy. Chinese companies now produce more than 90 per cent of the world’s desktop 3D printers, after Beijing designated additive manufacturing a priority industry…