-Caveat Lector- >From www.heritage.org > No. 1306July 12, 1999 > > > WHAT FOREIGN LEADERS ARE SAYING > ABOUT MISSILE DEFENSE > > JACK SPENCER > > Link to: > | PDF (180k) | > Note: No Executive Summary is included in this paper. > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ------- > > > Produced by > The Kathryn and > Shelby Cullom Davis > International Studies Center > > Published by > The Heritage Foundation > 214 Massachusetts Ave., N.E. > Washington, D.C. > 20002-4999 > (202) 546-4400 > http://www.heritage.org > > > <Picture: Heritage 25: Leadership for America> > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ------- > > > In May 1999, a bipartisan majority of Congress voted to make it > the policy of the United States to deploy a national missile > defense as soon as technologically possible. This important > milestone is good news for Americans as well as for U.S. friends > and allies overseas. > > It is bad news, however, for America's adversaries. Many > countries hostile to U.S. security interests have been spending a > great deal of their time and resources on developing ballistic > missiles to threaten the United States and its allies. An > effective missile defense would render useless both these > missiles and the lethal warheads they could carry. > > In an attempt to prevent this from happening, some foreign > leaders are continuing their long-standing rhetorical battle > against missile defenses. They assert, for example, that there is > no missile threat; that missile defenses will be destabilizing; > that missile defenses violate international law; and that missile > defenses will damage arms control efforts. These arguments, even > though thoroughly discredited, are effective in inflaming > anti-U.S. sentiments in foreign countries and in masking the true > intentions of the leaders of those countries to develop and > deploy weapons capable of countering the United States and its > allies. > > The following quotations are taken from officials of foreign > governments or from government-controlled media outlets. > Americans who may be unsure about missile defense should note > which foreign governments are opposing it so vehemently. They > also should note the striking similarity between some of the > arguments made by these governments and the arguments made by > some U.S. opponents of missile defense. > > > > IRIB Television First Program Network in Persian, Tehran: > > > > [The] U.S. missile project called NMD [National Missile Defense] > is dangerous for the world. 1 > > > > > Unnamed Spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, Iran: > > > > Whenever Persian Gulf states improve the atmosphere of friendship > and cooperation among themselves to protect their interest and > collective security, American defense officials begin to make > statements [that Iranian and Iraqi missiles warrant an effective > regional missile defense] which generate tension. 2 > > > > > Mohammad Mohammadi, Spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, Iran: > > > > [T]he American Defense Secretary continues to pursue his backward > policies [to promote the idea that regional states need a missile > defense to protect themselves from Iran and Iraq] in an effort to > create pessimism and tension [in] the region. 3 > > > > > Unnamed Spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, North Korea: > > > > [T]he TMD [theater missile defense] system is a dangerous > military plan prompted by Japanese conservatives to achieve > military modernization.... If Japan continues to adhere to the > development of this system, it is obvious the military buildup > and arms race will be all the more fierce in Northeast Asia. 4 > > > > > [North]Korean Central News Agency: > > > > [The planned deployment of Patriot anti-missile batteries is] a > blatant challenge to the nation's desire for peace and > denuclearization of the Korean peninsula and an unpardonable act > to exterminate the nation through a nuclear war by deliberately > increasing the tension. 5 > > This [building NMD and TMD systems] is intended to secure its > military edge in east Asia and other parts of the world and meet > its hegemonic ambition for global domination. The U.S. talk about > "missile threat" from somebody is nothing but a trite subterfuge > to justify its criminal move to build systems. 6 > > > > > Commentary in Nodong Sinmum (North Korean Newspaper): > > > > Japan's plan to take part in the establishment of the TMD > system...indicates that the...system's target is the DPRK > [Democratic People's Republic of Korea, or North Korea] and the > military modernization...is designed to reinvade Korea militarily > and, furthermore dominate the whole of Asia.... Such moves...will > inevitably enkindle [an] arms race in the Asian region. 7 > > > > > Pyongyang Korean Central Broadcasting Network: > > > > [T]he introduction of the Patriot missile system...to South Korea > poses a grave threat to our Republic, and it is very certain that > it will bring about a very dangerous situation of further > aggravating tension on the Korean Peninsula and increasing the > danger of war. 8 > > > > > Baghdad Al-'Iraq (Newspaper): > > > > [United States Secretary of Defense William Cohen] proposed [the] > malicious idea...that...Iraqi missiles still [threaten] the > Arabian Gulf countries, so these countries should protect > themselves by purchasing Patriot missiles and establishing a > joint defense system with the United States.... 9 > > > > > Unnamed Spokesman for the Ministry of Culture and Information, > Iraq: > > > > Against whom will these [Patriot] missiles [be] deployed? [H]ave > Turkish Government circles not heard the report of the UN Special > Commission [UNSCOM]? Despite its suspicious connection, lies, > fabrications, and concealment of truth, UNSCOM has affirmed that > the Iraqi missile arsenal has been completely destroyed. Against > whom then will Turkey deploy these [Patriot] missiles? 10 > > > > > Muammar Qadhafi, Head of State, Libya: > > > > Why are they installing Patriot missiles in southern Italy...? > Would this mean that they are going to use southern Italy to > strike at the Arab countries? 11 > > > > > Mustafa Tlass, Defense Minister, Syria: > > > > If the Americans had to fight a "`Star Wars" conflict...they > would suffer a catastrophe.... No matter how sophisticated > anti-rocket systems are, 10 percent of the offensive missiles > reach their target. 12 > > > > > Li Changhe, Ambassador of China to the United Nations Conference > on Disarmament: > > > > They [national and theater missile defense systems] are > detrimental to the international efforts in arms control and > disarmament and may even trigger a new round of arms race and > break regional strategic balances in the next century. 13 > > > > > Zhu Rongji, Prime Minister, China: > > > > We oppose the TMD. We particularly and firmly oppose the > inclusion of Taiwan.... 14 > > [T]he...Theater Missile Defense System...violates international > missile agreement[s]...[and] interferes in China's internal > affairs and encroaches on China's sovereignty and territorial > integrity. 15 > > > > > Sun Yuxi, Foreign Ministry, China: > > > > It [U.S. development of a national missile defense] will have a > wide-ranging and far-reaching negative impact on the > global...strategic balance and stability in the 21st century. 16 > > > > > Sha Zukang, Director-General, Department of Arms Control and > Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, China: > > > > [T]he development of advanced TMD or even NMD will have a > negative impact on regional or even global strategic stability. > 17 > > If a country...seeks to develop advanced TMD or even NMD...other > countries will be forced to develop more advanced offensive > missiles. This will give rise to a new arms race.... [I]t is > extremely important to maintain and strengthen the Anti-Ballistic > Missile (ABM) Treaty. 18 > > During the Cold War, ABM...made it possible for the two countries > to make deep cuts into their respective nuclear arsenals. 19 > > TMD in Taiwan will give the pro-independence forces in Taiwan a > false sense of security, which may incite them to make reckless > moves. This can only lead to instability across the Taiwan Strait > or even in the entire North-East Asia region. 20 > > The development of such a system [a missile defense capable of > intercepting strategic missiles] will constitute an impediment to > the further reduction of nuclear weapons by the major nuclear > powers, touch off a new round of arms race and destabilize the > global strategic equilibrium. 21 > > > > > Igor Ivanov, Foreign Minister, Russia: > > > > We believe that this intention [deployment of theater missile > defenses] is dangerous...because it is easy...to transcend the > bounds of the agreements and commitments, which are now in > force.... I am referring primarily to the...ABM treaty. 22 > > We definitely proceed from that the future reductions of > offensive strategic armaments are possible only in conditions of > a clear understanding of the prospects for observing that [ABM] > treaty as the corner-stone of strategic-stability. 23 > > > > > Leonid Ivashov, Senior Russian General: > > > > The United States is artificially heating up the situation > although it knows quite well that these countries [North Korea > and Iran] do not possess nuclear potential. 24 > > [U.S. planned deployment of a theater missile defense] will > undermine stability in the Far Eastern region, [and] will lash > the race of missile technologies. 25 > > > > > Vladimir Ryzhkov, First Deputy Speaker of the Duma, Russia: > > > > [Madeleine Albright] went on all the time about North Korean > missiles, saying that...a North Korean missile could reach their > territory--although that is...ridiculous. 26 > > > > > Yevgeny Primakov, former Prime Minister, Russia: > > > > The 1972 ABM treaty is the basis of strategic stability. > Undermining it would have destructive consequences for the entire > global disarmament process and for the international regimes of > nonproliferation.... 27 > > --Jack Spencer is a Research Assistant in The Kathryn and Shelby > Cullom Davis International Studies Center at The Heritage > Foundation. > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ------- > > > 1. "Television Program Summary," IRIB Television First Program > Network in Persian, FBIS-NES-1999-0323, Tehran, March 23, 1999. > > > > > 2. "Iranian Spokesman Reacts to Secretary Cohen's Remarks," IRNA, > FBIS-NES-98-284, Tehran, October 11, 1998. > > > > > 3. "Iran: Iranian Spokesman Reacts to Secretary Cohen's Remarks," > Tehran IRNA, FBIS-NES-98-284, October 11, 1998. > > > > > 4. "Foreign Ministry Opposes Japan's Development of TMD System," > Korean Central Broadcasting Network, FBIS-EAS-97-041, North > Korea, March 1, 1997. > > > > > 5. Carol Giacomo, "Christopher Sees Unity on N Korea Issue," > Reuters North American Wire, March 29, 1994. > > > > > 6. "North Korea Criticizes US Missile Defence System Plan," > British Broadcasting Corporation, April 7, 1999. > > > > > 7. "Japan Urged to Stop Seeking Overseas Expansion," Nodong > Sinmum, Korean Central News Agency, FBIS-EAS-97-075, Pyongyang, > North Korea, March 16, 1997. > > > > > 8. "North Korea: Plans to Introduce Missile Defense Systems to > ROK Denounced," Pyongyang Korean Central Broadcasting Network, > FBIS-EAS-97-087, March 28, 1997. > > > > > 9. Ghalib Zanjabil, "Cohen's Recent Tour," Baghdad Al-'Iraq, > FBIS-NES-1999-0321, March 16, 1999. > > > > > 10. Ministry of Culture and Information Spokesman, Unscheduled > Announcement, FBIS-NES-99-016, Baghdad Iraq Television Network, > January 16, 1999. > > > > > 11. "Libyans Protest U.N. Sanctions, Warn Italy," UPI, May 20, > 1992. > > > > > 12. Gerald Nadler, "Syrian Chief Says Iraq Has Superior Weapons," > UPI, February 8, 1991. > > > > > 13. "PRC Envoy Calls for Preventing Arms Race in Outer Space," > Beijing Xinhua, FBIS-CHI-1999-0211, February 11, 1999. > > > > > 14. Zhu Rongji, Chinese Prime Minister, News Conference, Beijing > Central Television Program One Network, FBIS-CHI-1999-0315, > Beijing, March 15, 1999. > > > > > 15. Ibid. > > > > > 16. "China: More on Spokesman on NMD, TMD Systems," Beijing > Zhongguo Xinwen She, FBIS-CHI-99-021, Beijing, January 21, 1999. > > > > > 17. Sha Zukang, Director-General of the Department of Arms > Control and Disarmament Under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of > China, Seventh Annual Carnegie International Non-Proliferation > Conference, FBIS-CHI-1999-0216, January 11, 1999. > > > > > 18. Ibid. > > > > > 19. Ibid. > > > > > 20. Ibid. > > > > > 21. "PRC: Ambassador Urges Stop of Theater Missile Defense > System," Beijing XINHUA, FBIS-TAC-96-010, Beijing, October 18, > 1996. > > > > > 22. "Ivanov Warns Against Japan-USA ABM Plans," ITAR-TASS New > Agency, February 22, 1999. > > > > > 23. "Russia Says Differences Should Not Affect Relations With > US," ITAR-TASS News Agency, January 26, 1999. > > > > > 24. "Report: Top Russian General Blasts U.S. Over Missile > Treaty," AP Worldstream, January 25, 1999. > > > > > 25. Mikhail Shevtsov, "NATO Expansion Harbours Bad Consequences," > ITAR-TASS News Agency, March 12, 1999. > > > > > 26. "Duma Leader on Albright Talks," Moscow Radiostantsiya Ekho > Moskvy, FBIS-SOV-1999-0126, January 26, 1999. > > > > > 27. Yevgeny Primakov, Russian Prime Minister, Interview on > Proposed Talks with Visit to Washington, Moscow Obshchaya Gazeta, > FBIS-SOV-1999-0329, Moscow, March 25, 1999. 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