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To: goldworldnet who wrote (154031)	6/18/2001 4:51:01 PM
From: goldworldnet	Respond to of 769670

<<<Whether or not a balance has been achieved, some of the profits from the mainland's economic development have indeed been used to purchase modern weaponry. The bulk of these purchases have been from Russia, totaling over a billion U.S. dollars annually and accounting for nearly a fifth of the total volume of trade between the two countries. <9> Acquisitions have included 50 Su-27 jet fighters and the production rights for 200 more; 72 Su-30 fighter-bombers with negotiations on licensed production of an additional 250 planes; <10> four Kilo-class diesel-electric submarines, which are much quieter and difficult to detect than the PRC's older models as well as equipped with advanced sonar equipment; two Sovremennyy-class guided-missle destroyers equipped with Sunburn anti-ship missiles and said to be an order of magnitude beyond those of the ROC; cargo planes; and SA-10 missiles. <11> Israel has also sold military technology to the PRC, some of it believed to be re-exports of American technology in violation of agreements between the two allies. These include avionics for the F-10 fighter being developed for the PLA as well as cruise, air-to-air, and ground-to-air missile technology. An Israeli newspaper also reported that its nationals were helping China develop Nautilus laser weaponry, originally developed by the U.S. to intercept Soviet Katyusha rockets. <12>The Israeli government has denied these and other similar charges. More worrisome to the U.S., however, has been the Chinese theft of American military technology. According to the 1999 Cox Committee report on this matter, the blurring of lines between military and commercial operations in the PRC makes it difficult for American intelligence to monitor technology transfers for national security purposes. <13>Among other improvements the purloined technology will allow the mainland to make are the guidance systems for the very M-9 and M-11 missiles that are aimed at Taiwan. <14> The theft of information on multiple reentry vehicles will make it easier for the mainland to defeat the ROC's anti-missile defenses. <15> In 1999, director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency George Tenet testified at a Senate committee hearing that "China is developing and acquiring air and naval systems intended to deter the United States from involvement in a Taiwan Strait crisis and its extend China's fighting capability beyond its coastline… [while it] continues to place its best new military equipment opposite the island." <16> Early in the same year, the ROC government discovered that the number of missiles aimed by the mainland at Taiwan had greatly increased. While Beijing hinted that the buildup had been undertaken in retaliation for Taipei's expressed interest in acquiring a Theater Missile Defense (TMD) system, U.S. Defense Department sources said that the missile buildup had in fact occurred gradually over a period of several years---i.e. before TMD began to be discussed. <17> Other worrisome developments included reports that the PLA had developed laser weapons with which to destroy US satellites and other intelligence collection nodes, the object being to deter the United States from intervening so that it could seize Taiwan with a minimum of bloodshed. At the same time, American defense analysts noted that a satellite tracking and control station the Chinese had established at Tarawa in the south Pacific allowed the PLA to track American and ROC fleet operations via signal intercepts from the ships. <18>>>> taiwansecurity.org * * *

To: goldworldnet who wrote (154031)	6/19/2001 11:59:13 AM
From: JDN	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Dear Gold...: Taiwan is a thorny problem. I think everyone admits EVENTUALLY it will revert to mainland China (ie the one china policy) but the HOPE is that by the time that occurs mainland itself will be a democracy and everyone will join together happily and we will sanction it. The alternative IN MY MIND is almost unthinkable. Other than Pride, China most likely needs the USA more than it needs Tiawan, and I hope they dont fail to realize that. On the other hand, the USA, especially technological firms relies heavily on Taiwan for supplies. War or disruption in that area would effect our economy and thus the worlds economy very seriously. JDN