[FPSPACE] China to End Missile Part Exports

[Dwayne Allen Day]

On Thu, 23 Nov 2000, Dan Barkley wrote:

> Alternatively one could argue:
> 'Iran buying missile from Russian instead of China makes the latter's
> promise not to sell missile to Iran somewhat credible.'
> Perhaps the Russian announcment partly motivated China to 'bargain away'
> missile exports?

The two are not connected that way.  The Russian pledge does not involve
missiles.

> In the case of Russia, I suspect that money (earning hard currency) was
> real the motivating factor.

Yes.  But the question is, now that Russia has done this, how does the US
respond?  And does the US response affect space cooperation?


DDAY