[dennisw]

and perhaps the ChiComs are starting to look at those W-88 technical materials and wonder whether they're the real deal or not.

I thought the Chinese have miniaturized nukes based on the W88

http://216.239.53.100/search?q=cache:s06GVudXSrEC:www.afa.org/magazine/Aug1999/0899china.html+Chinese+have+miniaturized+nukes+based+on+the+W88&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

 

[Poohbah]

They flashed ONE paper with design info. That doesn't indicate they had everything. And miniaturizing the bomb is actually not that difficult. If they got to 1970s-vintage warheads, they made some pretty small and powerful ones.

Remember, kids...spies tend to lie to each other, even when they're supposedly telling the truth...