IMPACTS: RUSSIA AND CHINA REACT NEGATIVELY TO NMD

NMD DOESN’T PROTECT US, BUT PUTS US MORE IN DANGER FROM RUSSIAN AND CHINESE NUKES

Jack Ruina March 04, 2001, The Washington Post SECTION: OUTLOOK; Pg. B03 HEADLINE: 46 Years, No Winners. Aim Elsewhere //VT2002acsln

If NMD deployment involved no more than spending a lot of money in pursuit of a vain hope, it would only be a waste -- a bad buy. But it's also bad foreign policy. The Russian and, to a lesser extent, the Chinese nuclear forces still represent the greatest nuclear threats to the United States both for the present and for years to come. Russia retains an enormous, though obsolescing, missile force. The Chinese long-range missile force is small, but it is growing and is still substantially more capable than any threat we might expect from smaller hostile nations.

RUSSIA AND CHINA WILL FREAK OUT IF THE ABM TREATY IS VIOLATED AND THE USA BUILDS AN NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM

The Toronto Star May 12, 1999, HEADLINE: RUSSIA, CHINA CRITICIZE U.S. DEFENCE SYSTEM // lnu-acs

Russia and China lashed out yesterday at American plans to deploy an anti-missile defence system, saying it would set off an arms race in space.

The Russian and Chinese ambassadors presented the United Nations Conference on Disarmament with an April 14 Sino-Russian declaration opposing plans by ''a certain country'' to develop new missile defences and to revise the 1972 U.S.-Soviet Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty, a clear reference to the United States.

RUSSIA AND CHINA WILL BUI8LD A JOIN MISSILE DEFENSE SHIELD, CREATING A NEW COLD WAR

JK DUTT, retired Lieutenant-Colonel, Indian Army, March 28, 2001 THE STATESMAN (INDIA) HEADLINE: Imponderables of a nuclear race //VT2002acsln

A Moscow-Beijing collaboration over forging a joint missile shield to counter the USA's National Missile Defence is likely. Should this materialise, the arms race will get a boost with the possibility of a new Cold War, this time invoking Asia, says JK DUTT

CHINA & RUSSIA WILL BUILD A JOINT MISSILE DEFENSE, LEADING TO A NEW ARMS RACE AND A NEW COLD WAR

JK DUTT, retired Lieutenant-Colonel, Indian Army, March 28, 2001 THE STATESMAN (INDIA) HEADLINE: Imponderables of a nuclear race //VT2002acsln

Mr Putin has met his Chinese counterpart Jiang Zemin and there is serious thought of a Moscow-Beijing collaboration over forging a joint missile shield to counter the NMD.

Should this materialise, not only will there be a fresh overdose of an arms race but the possibilities of a new Cold War, this time invoking Asia.