China’s missile sales to Iran

So yesterday we find out that Israel has missiles that can reach to Iran, but in a link that Old Trooper sent from The Washington Times’ Bill Gertz that China is selling missiles to Iran;

“Because of the relatively short range of these missiles, China’s provision of them to Iran does not violate the Iran, North Korea and Syria Nonproliferation Act of 2006, which seeks to prevent the transfer of only those missiles that can carry a 500-kilogram warhead more than 300 kilometers,” the report says.

“It is possible, however, that these transactions violate the Iran Freedom Support Act, or the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and Divestment Act of 2010, which both use the ambiguous term ‘advanced conventional weapons.’ “

Of course, you can bet that some of the technology in those missiles was some that we lost to China during the 90s, so here we are now arming the enemies of Israel.

[Chinese Embassy spokesman Wang Baodong ] said the commission “should cast off its Cold War mentality, respect the facts and stop making unwarranted allegations against China.”

Yeah, don’t believe your lyin’ eyes – of course, that’s the ‘smart diplomacy” strategy of this Administration.

Category: Foreign Policy, Terror War