July 3, 2009

North Korea consistently circumvents U.S. efforts to thwart its exports of WMD

SEOUL — North Korea uses both legal and illegal methods to evade a U.S.-led drive to stop shipments of weapons of mass destruction. South Korean and U.S. intelligence agencies believe the North exported about $800 million worth of missiles, submarines, multi-launch rockets and field artillery to Iran, Syria and Burma between 2000 and 2008, despite the U.S.-led Proliferation Security Initiative. (FULL STORY)
A U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry aircraft conducts a flight off the coast of South Korea on June 25.       Reuters/Chad Warren/U.S. Air Force

PLA readies for action at several potential flashpoints in the South China Sea

An inconspicuous piece of news in the Liberation Army Daily last week says much about the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership’s increasingly aggressive stance toward sovereignty disputes over dozens of islets in the South China Sea. The mouthpiece of the People’s Liberation Army said that the PLA Air Force had perfected mid-air refueling, thus enabling jetfighters to operate more efficiently on long-haul missions.  (FULL STORY)
Vietnamese students at an anti-China protest near the Chinese embassy in Hanoi. The long-standing dispute over sovereignty of the Paracels and the Spratleys, has recently escalated.  AFP/Hoang Dinh Nam
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