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Chinese bases near Taiwan sport defense missiles.

Article from: The Washington Times Article date: March 28, 2000 Author: Gertz, Bill

China is fielding new advanced air-defense missiles opposite Taiwan that U.S. intelligence officials say will increase the danger of a military confrontation along the Taiwan Strait, The Washington Times has learned.

Construction of two new surface-to-air missile bases is being monitored closely by Pentagon spy agencies. When completed, they will bolster a base at Longtian, near Fuzhou, where several batteries of Russian-made S-300 missiles already are deployed.

The defensive missiles are part of an ...

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