Even more details:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071124/NATION/111240039/1001
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“Officials decry port denial”
By Bill Gertz
November 24, 2007
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Pentagon and military officials were stunned by China’s abrupt decision on Wednesday to disallow the carrier visit, which was planned for at least a month and timed for the holiday.
“This was a most unfortunate incident that we are still working to better understand,” Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said, adding that it is “premature” to say whether military exchanges with China will be cut back as a result.
However, Adm. Timothy J. Keating, commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific, told reporters in Hawaii that China’s decision is a setback for U.S. military relations with Beijing and is not in line with plans for increased exchanges.”
http://www.newsmax.com/smith/china_eyes_GPS/2007/11/20/50867.html
“China Takes Aim at U.S. GPS System”
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 9:39 AM
By: Charles R. Smith
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “China has deployed special vans equipped with sophisticated electronics designed to jam U.S. GPS (global positioning satellite) satellite navigation signals. The fear inside the Pentagon is that China will deploy large numbers of these vans to jam GPS signals over large sections of its territory.
Intelligence officials are watching the vans carefully to assess their capabilities and to see whether China moves to export the technology to other nations like Iran. The U.S. intelligence agencies have photos of the vans, taken from space and on the ground, but are not sure how capable they are in jamming GPS-guided weapons in the American arsenal.
Iraq deployed similar technology during the Gulf war but was unable to exploit its capabilities because the U.S. quickly modified GPS bombs to home in on the jammers.
Pentagon officials are concerned that U.S. bombs and missiles may not have that same capability against the Chinese GPS systems.”