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China's already won a great portion of what they were after--see this AM's news about the "surprising" military-intelligence demonstrating that PRC now has air-to-ground, surface-to-surface, and ICBM MIRV capabilities which uh, ahh, well, the CIA and other US intel agencies just didn't know about.

US News

U.S `surprise` at China military buildup
By UPI
Jun 9, 2005, 19:00 GMT

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (UPI) -- U.S. intelligence agencies failed to recognize China`s recent military buildup, The Washington Times reported Thursday.

The newspaper, citing a \"highly classified\" report prepared for Director of National Intelligence John D. Negroponte, said U.S. intelligence specialists played down or dismissed signs China was increasing its military capabilities.

Among developments missed, the Times reported, were China`s work on a new long-range missile and the launching of a ship that allegedly includes U.S. Ageis technology stolen by the Chinese.

The newspaper cited unnamed officials as saying the word \"surprise\" was used more than a dozen times in the report in reference to U.S. efforts to anticipate Chinese military developments.

The Bush administration has been highly critical lately of China`s military buildup. In a speech Sunday in Singapore, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld questioned why China was expanding its missile capabilities when it faces no threats.

Gee, wonder who those analysts were....don't you? For some reason the codenames names Horse and Poohbah springs to mind.