China assembles missiles near coast facing Taiwan Posted by Scott Manning on April 02, 2002 | Comments (1)

China's military is deploying more short-range ballistic missiles near the coast opposite Taiwan, as tensions in the region are increasing over growing U.S. support for the island.

U.S. intelligence agencies tracked a shipment of some 20 CSS-7 short-range missiles to a missile base near the town of Yongan in Fujian province.The missiles were delivered in the past two weeks and were identified by U.S. military intelligence, the officials said.Full Story...