Washington (CNN) -- The risk of counterfeit electronics being used in military equipment has prompted a congressional investigation, the top senators on the Senate Armed Services Committee announced Wednesday. "The presence of counterfeit electronic parts in the Defense Department's supply chain is a growing problem that government and industry share a common interest in solving," committee Chairman Carl Levin, D-Michigan, and Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, the ranking member, said in a statement. The investigation follows a Commerce Department study that found counterfeit parts pose a serious problem for the U.S. military. The committee hopes the investigation will help "determine the source and extent of this problem and identify possible remedies for it."
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Armed Services Committee to look into counterfeit electronics in military equipment
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Commerce Dept. study has found the problem posed to the military is serious
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Study: The most common abuse was the sale of lower-grade microcircuits
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China is by far the most common source of counterfeit parts, study found
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