Thursday, March 1, 2012

Fed: Star wars could trigger global arms race, Australia told

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Fed: Star wars could trigger global arms race, Australia told

By Rob Taylor, Foreign Affairs Correspondent

CANBERRA, Feb 27 AAP - Australia was today told the US-developed son of star wars shieldagainst ballistic missile attack could trigger a fresh global arms race.

In a stark reminder of regional concern over US plans to develop a missile shield capableof destroying incoming missiles, China's embassy in Canberra said the high-tech systemwould be a risk to regional security.

An embassy spokesman said Beijing feared US development of a so-called theatre missiledefence (TMD) would undermine the global strategic balance.

"It …

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