Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Secret Nuclear Talks With China?

China's road-mobile ICBMs. Pakistan Defense

Secret Talks With Chi-Coms -- Washington Free Beacon

Pentagon to sponsor a new round of Track Two nuclear arms talks with China’s military

Defense officials will conduct a new round of informal but official nuclear weapons talks with China in the near future focusing on the “red lines” used by both sides in readying strategic forces in crises, according to U.S. officials.

The latest round of the so-called “Track Two” nuclear talks is cloaked in secrecy to avoid upsetting Congress, which in 2000 imposed legal limits on official military exchanges with China involving nuclear forces.

The talks also come amid new tensions over intelligence reports indicating China provided North Korea with road-mobile launchers for a new long-range missile.

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My Comment:
China has consistently said in the past that they are not interested in official strategic nuclear talks .... and my prediction is that they will continue with this stance.

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