Npr 5.3: Nuclear- and Missile-Related Trade And
Nuclear and Missile Trade and Developments NUCLEAR- AND MISSILE-RELATED TRADE AND DEVELOPMENTS FOR SELECTED COUNTRIES, NOVEMBER 1997-FEBRUARY 1998 by Michael Barletta, Clay Bowen, Kent Jamison, and Gaurav Kampani The material in this overview is drawn from selected abstracts that appear in the Center for Nonproliferation Studies’ nuclear and missile databases. Transactions of nuclear and missile technologies, parts, and materials are listed according to the recipient country. Other developments are listed according to the country where the event or development took place. On 12/29/97, Russia signed a contract to China during a recent visit there. The Fed- build a 2,000 MW nuclear power station at eral Republic of Yugoslavia is expected to ASIA Lianyungang in China’s Jiangsu province. purchase GSS M [probably the M-9,the ex- Under the contract, Russia will supply two port version of the DF-15 (NATO designa- modified VVER-1000 reactors to China. The tion CSS-6)] ballistic missiles, which have a project is estimated to cost $3 billion, and range of over 600 km and are equipped with CHINA the two reactors are expected to come on “a highly sophisticated system of electronic line in 2004 and 2005 respectively. control.” The China North Industries Cor- Nuclear Nuclear News, 2/98, p. 59. poration (NORINCO) manufactures the mis- U.S.-based Lansing Technologies Corpora- siles. Milosovic will invest $5.8 million in the tion was fined $10,000 for exporting a com- On 9/9/97, Peter Lee, a 58-year-old Taiwan- construction of a fruit processing factory puter vector processor and a data acquisition ese resident of Manhattan Beach, Califor- outside Beijing.
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