-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Friday, March 16 3:01 PM SGT Taiwan warns Beijing about the "price" of using force TAIPEI, March 16 (AFP) - Taipei on Friday warned Beijing it faced "grave" consequences if force was used against the island following reports China had completed a new missile base opposite Taiwan. A US spy satellite has located the missile base as being several miles (kilometers) northeast of Xianyou in China's southeastern Fujian province, about 135 miles (216 kilometers) from Taiwan, The Washington Times reported on Thursday. It said about 100 CSS-7 short-range ballistic missiles and mobile launchers were deployed there. "The negative impact of using military means to handle cross-strait issue is serious," said Lin Chong-pin, vice chairman of Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council which charts the island's China policy. "If Beijing launched the missiles, the price would be very high and the damage would be grave." Military means were "counterproductive" and a "hurt to the feelings of people from both sides can not be repaired," he said. The Washington Times report came ahead of the annual US-Taiwan arms talks, expected in April in Washington. China's air force and naval power was expected to catch up with Taiwan in 2005, as the mainland continued its double-digit growth each year in defense spending since 1989, Lin said. Its use of cruise missiles and electronics warfare with precision and power to paralyse the island was the most worrisome, he added. "I don't think it's any secret that China is modernizing its military, and that includes increasing the size of its missile force," said Rear Admiral Craig Quigley, a senior Pentagon spokesman, on Thursday. The Pentagon is currently weighing a Taiwanese request for advanced weapons, including Aegis destroyers and PAC-3 defenses against short-range missiles. US arms sale to Taiwan are a major disagreement between Washington and Beijing, which has vowed to use force against Taiwan should the island declare independence or stall on talks for reunification. The base near Xianyou was the second CSS-7 missile base within range of Taiwan and the first CSS-7 base was completed last year near Yongan, the Washington Post said. Another missile base, the regional headquarters of all missile forces, was located further north at Leping of Jiangxi province, it said. About 100 CSS-6 missiles were deployed there, it added. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- *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. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
