U.S. renews effort to bring China into Missile Control Regime

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The US government is believed to be keen for China to establish effective export controls for missiles and missile technology. For this reason, it is trying to find out whether China is willing to join the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), which aims to restrict the proliferation of ballistic missiles and their related technologies. China agreed in Oct 1994 to abide by MTCR guidelines and not sell Category 1 items, but there are doubts about whether it has fully complied with MTCR rules since then.

China, Arms control

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U.S., Russia seek compromise over disputed computers

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US and Russia appeared to have reached a compromise regarding the six American supercomputers improperly acquired by Moscow's nuclear weapons labs. In a meeting with US Energy Secretary Federico Pena, Russian Ministry of Atomic Energy head Viktor Mikhailov expressed his government's willingness to transfer these high-performance computers to non-military locations and be monitored by US personnels as a way of giving in with US demand of putting the computers to civilian use.

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U.S., Russia take new steps to control technology transfers to Iran

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The US and Russia have agreed to increase their efforts to stop Russian ballistic missile and other forms of dangerous technology being transferred to Iran. The Russian government has come under pressure from the US since Jan 1997 to take action against transfers of Russian ballistic missile expertise and technology to Iran. However, there are still reports of cooperation between Russian companies and Iran's missile development programme.

Iran

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