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
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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