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| US Congressmen Concerned Over China's Nuclear Weapons Aid To Pak
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 26-April-2016
20:24:6 PM |
| Expressing concern over latest reports suggesting that China supplied nuclear weapons technology and design to Pakistan, two influential US lawmakers have written a letter to the Obama administration, seeking to know what has been done to halt such cooperation which represents a threat to the national security of America and its allies.
Congressmen Mike Rogers, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces and Ted Poe, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Non-proliferation and Trade sent the strongly-worded letter dated April 25 to the Obama Administration, seeking more information on report that China has enabled a Pakistani nuclear missile capability.
The two-page letter was sent to Secretary of State John Kerry and Defence Secretary Ashton Carter along with Director of National Intelligence James Clapper after a well-known Chinese military technology expert Richard Fisher wrote to the two lawmakers in this regard.
In his research paper, Mr Fisher noted the design similarities between the Shaheen III TEL (transporter erector launcher), the Sanjiang Special Vehicle Corporation of the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) WS51200 TEL, and a Chinese provided TEL North Korea's new KN- 08 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
This led Mr Fisher to conclude, "CASIC has again enabled a Pakistani nuclear missile capability," the Congressmen wrote in their
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