-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! China markets new anti-aircraft system Continued weapons proliferation worries West, neighbors ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- By Jon Dougherty © 2001 WorldNetDaily.com In Beijing's bid to become a larger player in the world of arms exports, China is set to begin export of its latest anti-aircraft gun and surface-to-air missile system currently in use by the People's Liberation Army. According to Jane's Defense Weekly, China's Type 95 self-propelled anti-aircraft gun/surface-to-air missile system -- originally known as the Type 90-II and Type 90-III -- entered service with the PLA several years ago. The new system, however, was finally revealed in 1999 during a military parade in Beijing. Earlier models, including the Type 62 and 88 models, were also equipped on tracked tank chassis, but were considered largely ineffective weapons to employ in the defense of Chinese mechanized infantry units because of limited range and outmoded firepower. These models were equipped with twin 37mm guns; a separate model, the Type 80, was equipped with twin 57mm guns. Also, most of these models were never mass-produced. But the newer upgraded Type 95s are equipped with fire-control technology, "consist of a new full-tracked armored chassis on the roof on which has been installed a new one-person, power-operated turret armed with four 25mm cannons and four fire-and-forget surface-to-air missiles," Jane's said. Also, a "bank of four electrically operated forward-firing smoke grenade launchers is mounted on either side on the lower part of the turret for self-protection," said Jane's. Additionally, the Type 95 is equipped with a CLC-1 pulse-Doppler search radar mounted on top of the vehicle that has a range of 11 km, or 6.8 miles. Reports say the radar has been optimized specifically to detect lower-altitude aircraft such as helicopters and low-flying ground-attack planes. The 25mm cannon, which is already in service with the PLA in other applications, has a cyclic rate of fire of 600 to 800 rounds per minute per barrel. About 1,000 rounds of 25mm ammunition are carried, and the empty cartridge cases are ejected outside of the turret, Jane's said. Reports indicate that the Chinese SAMs mounted aboard the Type 95s are similar to Russian-built Igla-1 missiles, and may have a range from 10 to 3,500 meters (maximum 2.1 miles). Besides defending against airborne threats, the twin-25mm cannons also have a secondary role against ground targets and would be able to destroy most light-armored fighting vehicles. The system is being promoted for export by China North Industries Corp., which is the same company that conspired with another Chinese company, Poly Tech, to import 2,000 fully automatic AK-47 rifles in the hopes of selling them to American street gangs and drug dealers. That deal was discovered after company representatives attempted to make the sale to U.S. agents posing as buyers in 1996. U.S. and Western officials are becoming increasingly concerned about the proliferation of modern weapons by China and other nations, noting that with each new system offered, U.S. forces face greater danger worldwide. In a statement made to the U.S. House of Representatives on July 11, 2000, Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., expressed concern over increasing Chinese weapons proliferation -- specifically over China's alleged assistance on ballistic missile technology to Pakistan. "I have long been concerned, as many of my colleagues in Congress have been, about transfers of technology by the People's Republic of China that contribute to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction or missiles that could deliver them," he said. "Since 1992, Beijing has taken some steps to mollify American concerns about proliferation, including promises to abide by the Missile Technology Control Regime, which it has not joined, and accession to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty," he added. "But the director of the CIA reports that the People's Republic remains a key supplier of technology inconsistent with nonproliferation goals." Also, according to noted Asian expert Al Santoli, national security adviser to Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., other nations -- especially those neighboring China -- are becoming alarmed about unrestricted Chinese weapons proliferation. "In recent months, Thailand has been increasingly vocal about the sale of weapons by Beijing to [various] drug-trafficking armies," Santoli wrote last September in a report on Asian security issues. "On Sept. 1, the Thai Foreign Ministry optimistically reported to the media that its diplomats had reached an agreement to work with China on a counter-narcotics policy in the Golden Triangle. However, this agreement should be viewed with skepticism," he said, because "Thai security experts believe that Beijing is determined to control Burma's strategic waterways to the Bay of Bengal and Indian Ocean, for both economic and strategic purposes." And, Santoli noted, "during ongoing large-scale military exercises, China has demonstrated significant new joint-service war-fighting skills under high-tech conditions that are steadily altering the balance of power in the Taiwan Strait" by -- among other things -- "applying U.S. military doctrine to integrate its relentlessly expanding ... forces." *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. 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