Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Washington Post, March 26, 2008 Page A1,A6
U.S. just learned of 2006 mix-up. The Defense Department mistakenly shipped secret nuclear missile fuses to Taiwan more than 18 months ago and did not learn that the items were missing until late last wee, Pentagon officials acknowledged yesterday,deepening concerns about the security of the U.S. nuclear arsenal.
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Pentagon and the State Department officials have conferred with Taiwanese and Chinese diplomats over the past three days. The US has long maintained a one China policy acknowledging that both China and Taiwan say Taiwan is part of China. Joseph Cirincione,President of the Ploughshares Fund said he worries that the incident will raise Chinese suspicious that Taiwan is restarting its nuclear program and could spur China to assume a more aggressive stance. "Imagine how we would feel if the Russians accidentally shipped warhead fuses to Tehran," Cirincione said. "We'd be going nuts right now. It would be hard for them to convince us that it was an accident." Such is a good and rightful comment from an independent and objective observer for US relations with China and Taiwan,indeed! March 26, 2008
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