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	China's Missiles

merrie

3-9-2008 3:12 AM

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u.s.navy, bear-h bomber, uss nimitz, chinese anti-ship ballistic missiles, advanced cruise missiles, 1990's espionage

merrie says:

Other new weapons that are part of the precision-guided missile arsenal are advanced cruise missiles, medium-range ballistic missiles, the direct ascent anti-satellite missiles, like the one tested in January 2007.

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