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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: rich4eagle who wrote (217808)1/13/2002 4:23:40 PM
From: DavesM  Read Replies (2) of 769670
 
Rich,

re:"Then we are the biggest terrorists in the world for we have 1000 nuclear missiles aimed at China."

You are assuming that the ENTIRE U.S. missile forces are pointed at the Chinese. I didn't know this to be the case...even though the Russians are now are our "friends". As of Dec5, the United States had 550 ICBMs and 432 SSLBMs. Further under SALT II, the United States eventually removes multiple warheads from their ICBMs, and reduces the SSLBMs to 336 (and the number of warheads on SSLBMs in half).

re: "If we can maintain 2300 massively destructive nuclear weapons to protect 300 million, why shouldn't the Chinese be allowed to build a 150 to protect themselves."

I have no idea where the 2300 comes from...but I think you are mixing warheads, and comparing them to the number of missiles the Chinese are planning to build. Since the Chinese apparently "borrowed" the technology for multiple warheads on a missile (ala MX-Peacekeeper), and are not limited to any Arms Agreement like START I or II (that I know of) those 150 missile could carry up to 1500 nuclear weapons.

The United States in 1990 had over 7000 nuclear weapons at the end of missiles, last December it was less than 4,900, by 2007 it will be no more than 2250.

re:"And now we are going to build a useless shield which further threatens China"

Please explain how a shield threatens China? It merely hinders China's FUTURE ability to launch ICBMs and hit the United States. Didn't a Chinese General say that he thought the United States liked its West Coast cities too much to stand in the way of an invasion of Taiwan?
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