-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a prelude to war! China Points More Missiles at Taiwan NewsMax.com November 23, 1999 Communist China is tightening its military and psychological pressure on Taiwan, aiming nearly 100 more deadly missiles at the little island across the Formosa Strait. To accommodate those additional rockets, the Chinese People's Liberation Army is expanding its missile base at Yangang, only 275 miles from Taiwan, which China is determined to bring back under its control. United States spy satellites discovered the new construction work in progress a month ago, according to the Washington Times, which said the expanded base will house the latest Chinese missiles, capable of delivering small nuclear warheads 300 miles. Through espionage, China has obtained top-secret U.S. technology for building just such a small nuclear warhead. China's relatively short-range missiles were displayed for the first time Oct. 1 in Beijing at a Communist Party celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Although these missiles can carry nuclear tips, Pentagon officials said they will be armed with non-nuclear ordnance, including deep-penetrating warheads for use against concrete bunkers, anti-personnel cluster bombs and electromagnetic-pulse devices that disrupt electronic equipment, according to the Times. It is especially difficult to strike back at these missiles, for they are mounted on trucks, enabling them to fire fast and relocate quickly. The newspaper cited a recent Defense Intelligence Agency report that China is rapidly upgrading its missiles aimed at Taiwan from a few hundred already in place along the coast to as many as 650 within the next five years. An earlier Pentagon report to Congress said China will produce "a large arsenal of highly accurate and lethal theater missiles . . . a "revolutionary departure" from its previous military deployments near Taiwan. "The focus on Taiwan may reflect a view within the People's Liberation Army that force eventually may have to be used," the report said. The Times said the Clinton administration has tried to downplay, even ignore, Beijing's missile buildup. It cited State Department spokesman James Foley, who in February said: "Reports that suggest that there has been a sudden new deployment are wrong. As part of its military modernization, China has been deploying missiles for some time." And it quoted one U.S. government expert on the Chinese military: "Both Beijing and the State Department are in agreement that Taiwan does not deserve adequate missile defenses, while both are also in agreement that the U.S. and Taiwan should ignore Beijing's blossoming ballistic missiles." To read more about China's growing missile threat, see these recent NewsMax.com stories: **COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
