Missile Shield May Spark China Nuclear Upgrade: Officer

VIENNA (Reuters) – China may need to modernize its nuclear arsenal to respond to the destabilizing effect of a planned U.S.-backed missile defense system, a senior Chinese military officer said on Wednesday.

No Decision Yet on Turkish Air Defense Systems

ANKARA — Turkey’s highest defense procurement decision-makers failed July 17 to select a winner in the contest to provide the country’s Long Range Air and Missile Defense Systems, worth up to $4 billion.

Government Baffled Over DRDO Chief’s Claim on Missile Shield

The government of India has been baffled by DRDO chief V.K. Saraswat’s repeated claims that a ballistic missile shield is ready for deployment, and that two locations, presumably New Delhi and Mumbai, will be the first recipients of the ballistic missile defence (BMD) system. Speaking on a TV programme in early May, Saraswat said that “this system is now ready for induction”. Nearly two weeks later, the claim was repeated in an interview to Press Trust of India where Saraswat was quoted as saying, “The ballistic missile defence shield is now mature… We are ready to put phase I in place.”

Report Undermines Opposition to Missile System

BEIRUT, Lebanon – The Kremlin is gearing up for a standoff with the United States over U.S. installation of an anti-ballistic missile system in Europe and has gone so far as to threaten a military strike of the sites. But now the prestigious USA and Canada Institute in Moscow has issued a report written by former Russian generals contradicting the official Russian position that their strategic ballistic missile capability would be threatened, according to a report in Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin.