I have been keeping up with this. It gives me a "warm" feeling.
>They have been researching nuclear weapons since 1953. Between Israel and Russia, they are well armed.
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>Its acquisitions from Russia alone would equip an air force and navy for a mid-size country - scores of supersonic Su-27 fighters, destroyers, submarines and anti-ship missiles.
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>Flush with cash from its economic boom, China spent more than $13 billion on Russian weapons in the decade ending in 2003, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, known as SIPRI, which tracks international arms sales.
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>But hey, Chinese purchases have saved Russian arms makers from bankruptcy, so if its good for the economy...
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http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/china/facility/missile.htm>
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2005/2/8/92308.shtml>
http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/china/nuke/index.html>
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4108446.stm>
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>>>Then where would the Harvard (and other university) students get their shirts and sweaters made?
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>>LOL!
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>>>And China wouldn't be able to get the US back, with just 1 or 2 warheads?
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>>The US has in excess of 10,000, China less than 400. Given this huge imbalance in numbers and technology, I doubt any could reach the US. Who knows if any of the Chinese weapons are even ICBM's. Unlikely, since they have just learned how to put a humans into orbit. They didn't figure this out themselves, this was done via purchaseing or reverse enginering Russia technology.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_with_nuclear_weapons#endnote_China>>
>>>Why didn't they sort out Korea this way - a lot of Chinese soldiers pouring over the top then.
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>>The US couldn't take the gloves off since it was the cold war and the Chinese had the support of the Soviets.