The International Security and Advisory Board (Isab), which reports to Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state, warned that 'holding the US homeland hostage to missile attack is important to Chinese military goals'.
It claimed that China will have 'in excess of 100 nuclear-armed missiles that could strike the United States' by 2015.
By contrast, it said the US had allowed its nuclear stockpile and expertise to 'deteriorate and atrophy across the board' for the last two decades.
The ISAB is chaired by Paul Wolfowitz, the former World Bank president who was often referred to as the 'major architect' of the war in Iraq while he was deputy defence secretary.
Mr Wolfowitz was appointed by Miss Rice last year. Other hawkish members of the Isab are Robert Joseph, the former undersecretary for arms control and international security affairs, and James Schlesinger, the former defence secretary. Executives from arms companies such as Lockheed Martin and Boeing also sit on the board.
The ISAB was asked to draft a report on how the US could bring its relationship with China 'towards greater transparency and mutual confidence'.
Love that last paragraph...
Someone tell me why Wolfowitz has any credibility at all to be a part of these types of panels, please.
By: Brant
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