U.S.: China’s Weapons A Problem

By P. Parameswaran 

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States said Monday it was “troubling” that China’s weapons systems capability exceeded the level Beijing defined as necessary for self-defence.

The head of the US armed forces in the Asia-Pacific, Admiral Timothy Keating, said he was told by Chinese leaders during a visit to Beijing that its so-called “area denial weapons” were “to protect those things that are ours”.

Timothy J. Keating

But he said, “we find it troubling that the capabilities of some of these weapons systems would tend to exceed our own expectations for protecting those things that are ‘ours’”.

Keating said the….

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File photo shows a PLA soldier walking past a Chinese-made Hongqi-2 missile on display at the Military Museum in Beijing. The United States said Monday it found “troubling” China’s admission that its weapons systems capability exceeds levels Beijing itself has defined as necessary for its self-defence.
(AFP)