China Expands Nuclear Strike Ability

According to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld China has been expanding its nuclear strike capability. This came as he continues his visit to China, in attempts to force the Chinese military to be more transparent in their recent military buildup.

Some of the data shows:

• China's military spending could grow to $US90billion this year; more than triple the published figure of $US29billion.
  
• China was adding about 100 missiles a year to its arsenal of up to 730 short-range missiles pointed at Taiwan, and now had missile coverage of most of the US as well as Australia, Russia and India.

In addition, China is quickly building a naval fleet, anchored by modern submarines, which could prevent any American intervention in a conflict over Taiwan.

However, as we can see no one really cares about this and we keep free trade with China, we let them continue human rights abuses, and we ignore their sponsorship of terror mostly through their covert support of Iran.