[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 67 (Friday, May 22, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H3939]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    POTENTIAL DANGER FOR U.S. AS A RESULT OF TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY

  (Mr. CUNNINGHAM asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. CUNNINGHAM. Mr. Speaker, many Members have wondered why the 
technology that was loosed to Communist China is dangerous to the 
United States. There is a lot of talk in the newspapers about different 
facets, but let me be specific.
  In planning the war potential in different areas in all Southeast 
Asian countries, we looked at the ranges of different missiles. The 
booster that China had trouble with had problems, and we gave it the 
command and control guidance which allows it to target the MIRVing, 
which allows multiple warheads on different targets, but, even more 
important, the satellite technology at the Navy fighter weapon school. 
We can read the label on a missile stashed on an SU-27 to tell what 
kind of missile it is, what kind of intell.
  So they not only increased the range, the targeting, they increased 
the ability to target U.S. cities specifically. That is why this is a 
problem and potential problem not only for the United States but other 
allied countries as well.

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  We need to look into this, Mr. Speaker. It is serious, and it is a 
problem.

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