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Why US anti-missile system worries China
China's complaint is focused on the radar system, which could be used to track the People's Liberation Army's missile forces
Add BT as a preferred sourcePublished Sun, Mar 12, 2017 · 09:50 PM
Beijing
MAO Zedong famously dismissed the atomic bomb as a "paper tiger", able to kill and terrify, but not decisive in war. Even so, China built a nuclear arsenal of its own, and now concerns about the effectiveness of that arsenal as a deterrent are driving it into confrontation with the United States over an anti-missile system being built in South Korea. Here's an explanation of why.
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