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A National Guardsman has been charged with attempting to send photos of sensitive U.S. military technology to Russia.

Canyon Anthony Amarys, 28, of Alamogordo, New Mexico, was arrested Tuesday and is accused of photographing a U.S. Army installation at Fort Riley, Kansas , and trying to share the images with someone he believed was a Russian intelligence officer, according to federal prosecutors.

Prosecutors say Amarys also agreed to obtain and send a helicopter radio for use by the Russian military. He was indicted for attempting to violate the Export Control Reform Act and made his initial court appearance on Thursday in the District of Kansas.

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