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China's Evolution on Ballistic Missile Defense

IN THIS ISSUE: China's evolution on BMD, US plans new Asia missile defenses, seeking to cool war fever over Iran, the perils of naval nuclearization and brinkmanship in the Indian Ocean, lack of nuclear regulator in India, Darpa to make cyberwar routine with secret 'Plan X.'

Published on August 23, 2012
 

China's Evolution on Ballistic Missile Defense

Lora Saalman | Carnegie Proliferation Analysis

China BMD

China's approach toward ballistic missile defense is shifting. This area has long been regarded as a bastion of U.S.-Russian power politics and nuclear dynamics by Beijing. However, China has recently become a participant rather than an observer with its inclusion, along with Russia, as a dominant factor in the 2010 U.S. Nuclear Posture Review, and with its ground-based midcourse missile interception test in the same year.

While the United States and Russia are currently in the position to shape the dynamics of the debate, this is bound to change. In this context, it is important that Washington and Moscow take steps toward compromising on ballistic missile defense (BMD) cooperation now as a foundation for effective engagement with Beijing in the future.   Full Article



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