March 13, 2008

Pentagon report for first time raises concerns over China's control of its nukes

The Pentagon’s annual report on China’s military power for the first time expressed concern over Beijing’s control over nuclear forces. Declassified intelligence in the report showed that China's communications with its mobile nuclear forces, mainly missiles and submarines, is not reliable. The Pentagon's report said China's military "has only a limited capacity to communicate with submarines at sea, and the PLA navy has no experience in managing [a nuclear missile submarine] fleet."   (FULL STORY)
The DF-31 missile on parade.    Aeronautics.ru

China’s annual parliamentary session dominated by pre-Olympics security anxiety

Instead of focusing on pressing economic and social concerns, such as the highest inflation rate in 12 years, officials and leading lawmakers are concentrating on the ways and means that state security departments should take to combat attempts, particularly by separatist groups in Xinjiang and Tibet, to disrupt the Summer Olympics.
(FULL STORY)
A Muslim delegate from China's northwestern Xinjiang region leaves meeting of the National People's Congress on March 10.    AFP/Peter Parks
Oops: North Korea’s economy much smaller than official bank estimates
N. Korean tax assessment of private property: Tax grab or the return of capitalism?
   
N. Korea warns its women against 'reactionary ideas and alien lifestyles'
Conduct of frequent computer attacks consistent with 'cyberwarfare'
Japan’s navy to replace all PCs to prevent more high-tech spying
Computer attacks among options for space war counter-strikes

Booze Allen: China's manufacturing-for-export boom is over / India has four of world's top eight billionaires / Malaysian economic gains threatened / Goa goes Vegas
North Korean turns from Japan to Taiwan for high tech
U.S. scrambling to answer China's space threat to its strategic satellites
Gates contrasts dramatic U.S. satellite shoot down with China's

 
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