Zep 0 #1 October 15, 2006 I was just thinking, If it's true N. Corea has or can develop o tactical nuclear missile, an being allies with China. where does that leave Taiwan an America Gone fishing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
redlegphi 0 #2 October 15, 2006 1) I don't think North Korea and China are as tight as you think they are. They're still "allies" but China doesn't have any interest in a nuclear Korea on its border. 2) China already has more than enough of its own nuclear weapons. It doesn't really need to borrow any from North Korea, should it wish to nuke Taiwan, so this doesn't change that situation at all. 3) Even if China didn't have nukes, I strongly doubt North Korea would loan them one to start a war with Taiwan. North Korea appears to desperately want a nuke as a strong deterrant against US action. They wouldn't invest billions of dollars to get that deterrant just to give it away. This is also why I don't think we need to worry about North Korea selling nukes to terrorists. Considering how much I'm sure they've spent on the program already, it wouldn't come close to being profitable for NK to sell the one or two nukes they'll be able to develop unless the theoretical terrorist can raise billions of dollars. I'm pretty sure that that kind of cash would be beyond even Osama's reach back before we started confiscating all of his bank accounts. Also, if you're a terrorist with limited funds, are you going to use almost all of those funds to buy a bomb of questionable reliability from North Korea? I would think the better bet would be to see if you could get one from a former Soviet stockpile. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
