-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Taiwan needs Aegis radar: US review TAIPEI - A confidential review by US naval officers has concluded that Taiwan needs a significant infusion of new weapons, including a sophisticated ship-borne radar system that China has put at the top of the list of arms it does not want Taiwan to have. The assessment was carried out by officers from the US Pacific Fleet, who visited Taiwan to assess its naval needs in light of China's military build-up. While military factors are not the only consideration, the still-secret review is an important element of the deliberations on whether to sell Taiwan the radar system, known as Aegis, and other naval weapons. The decision is one of the first major foreign policy tests for President George W. Bush's administration and could set the tone of US-Chinese relations for years to come. Beijing has singled out as particularly objectionable the potential sales of three types of weapons: the Navy's Aegis, which China fears may provide the basis for an eventual anti-missile defence and blunt China's missile threat to the island; the Army's advanced Patriot anti-missile system known as PAC-3; and submarines, which China maintains are offensive weapons. Taiwan has sought to buy submarines as well as the Aegis and has also been in discussions about the new Patriot system. The US naval officers who conducted the review concluded that Taiwan also needs the Kidd-class destroyer as a stopgap. And they cited the need for new submarines as well as an underwater sonar array to detect Chinese subs. The pending decision on arms sales has split American China hands, putting pressure on Mr Bush.--New York Times *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 ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions 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, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== 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
