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US Defense Contractor Jailed for Sending Military Tech to India

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The former owner of two defense contracting businesses was jailed for four years and nine months for conspiring to send sensitive military technical data to India, the US Department of Justice said in a press release on Thursday.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — From June 2010 to December 2012, Robert conspired to export to India defense technical drawings including parts used in the torpedo systems for nuclear submarines, military attack helicopters and F-15 fighter jets, the release stated.

"Hannah Robert, 50, of North Brunswick, New Jersey, previously pleaded guilty… to conspiracy to violate the Arms Export Control Act by exporting to India military technical drawings without prior approval of the US Department of State," the release stated.

Robert circumvented the US government and provided export-controlled technical data related to various types of military technology to an individual in India, Assistant US Attorney General for National Security John Carlin said in the release.

"Hannah Robert conspired to send to another country thousands of technical drawings of defense hardware items and sensitive military data," US Attorney Paul Fishman added.

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