Ballistic Missile Defense: US, China duel in South Asia
WASHINGTON: The South Asian nuclear arms race, one of the most potentially unstable and dangerous on the planet, has gone global. Not only are Pakistan and India feverishly racing each other to develop more sophisticated and powerful nuclear delivery and missile defense systems, they are looking increasingly to China and the United States to help them.
China is no newcomer to this race. The massive infusion of North Korean Nodong missile technology to the Pakistan nuclear missile program over the past decade would never have been possible without the active, covert support of China, which shares common borders with both nations and is a strong, consistently supportive ally of both.
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August 24, 2005 at 3:47 am