What are your thoughts on President Obama's proposed nuclear deal with China?

2015-05-11T04:29:51-04:00

The deal would allow Beijing to buy more U.S.-designed reactors and pursue a facility or the technology to reprocess plutonium from spent fuel. China would also be able to buy reactor coolant technology that experts say could be adapted to make its submarines quieter and harder to detect.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/obamas-quiet-nuclear-deal-with-china-raises-proliferation-concerns/2015/05/10/549e18de-ece3-11e4-8666-a1d756d0218e_story.html?hpid=z1

Obama’s quiet nuclear deal with China raises proliferation concerns

The accord to let Beijing buy more U.S. nuclear technology shows how the world’s two largest powers view each other as vital partners even as they harbor mutual suspicion.

Response by CW4 Private RallyPoint Member made May 11 at 2015 4:55 AM

2015-05-11T04:55:00-04:00

This will be another highly debated topic just like the Iranian nuclear agreement was and still is! I agree with the author that the biggest issue that will hold this agreement back will be the sale of dual use items that could make their subs quieter and less detectable by U.S. Intelligence. We know for a fact that China is putting a lot effort into advancing their naval power. This combined with their controversial claimants in the South China Sea and over the Senkaku Islands have made for a tense climate in the Pacific. This is not the time to be assisting China, albeit unintentionally, with their nuclear sub capabilities. I understand we are trying to grow closer to China however we should not do so in a way that could hurt us or our allies in the years to come. I can see this deal going through if dual use issue was removed.

Response by SFC Michael Hasbun made May 11 at 2015 7:34 AM

2015-05-11T07:34:35-04:00

It's China. A peer country. This is just another trade agreement. It's not like it's huge leaps and bounds over what they already have. This just puts money in our pockets and grants them no further advantages. It's just efficient.

For the fear mongers', once again, this is China. Their Army is massively larger than ours. Give each one of them a rock, and they would be just as powerful as other armies with advanced weaponry, just by size alone. They could have nuclear powered Gundam robots and it wouldnt matter all that much. Alliance is pretty important, and business deals/mutual cooperation make for the best alliances...

Response by Col Private RallyPoint Member made May 11 at 2015 10:06 AM

2015-05-11T10:06:49-04:00

Uhm "Deal with China" kind of says it all.