is it truth that taiwan holds the technology to make nukes?
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Taiwan is certainly technology capable of creating nuclear weapons, but which types?  The designs for an atom bomb are published so Taiwan could feasibly use plutonium from its research reactors to create a simple bomb.  More complex missile warheads would take an extensive amount of time because it is hard to miniaturize a warhead to fit on a missile.  Since Taiwan is only about 90km from the mainland it would'nt need a ballisitic missile, could even use a cruise missile, but the smaller the missile the harder it is to miniaturize the warhead.  My answer, if Israel could do it so could Taiwan.
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Absolutely.  In fact, there have been several different approaches, including zapping little pellets with a monster laser (NOVA), which are then immersed in water.  These minuscule nuclear bombs fuse and release their energy into the water, creating steam and turning turbines.\n\nThe most promising method, however, is a fusion reactor; a magnetic bottle which traps plasma.  Fusion occurs when the electromagnetic forces of nuclei (which are positive) are overcome.  In order to get nuclei, atoms are injected into the reactor and brought to immense temperatures.  The individual atoms, which are neutral, become so energetic that the electrons are stripped from the nuclei, creating plasma.  Plasma is simply free electrons (negatively charged and unbounded to a nucleus) and the positively charged nuclei.  Because these are positively and negatively charged, the plasma is contained within magnetic field lines.  This is the proverbial "magnetic bottle".\n\nThe nuclei smash into each other, creating helium nuclei and excess neutrons.  These neutrons are EXTREMELY energetic (14 MeV), and are neutrally charged.  Therefore, these neutrons zip right past the magnetic field lines.  The charged plasma remains, continuing the fusion process; and the neutrons are captured in water, where elastic collisions with H2O molecules transfers the energy from the neutrons to the water, heating the water, turning it to steam, and turning the turbines.\n\nThere are a couple of major problems.  First, the sun is very big and very hot.  Getting similar temperatures and pressures on Earth is next to impossible.  Although the energy released is several orders of magnitude greater than the energy put in when the process is going a full capacity, getting it started has been very difficult.  However, through TFTR and the new ITER, already the plasmas have generated more energy than were used to start the process.  This is a big step.\n\nAlso, the magnetic bottle and the plasma can experience some strange instabilities and wave functions.  Any time a harmonic resonance-like phenomena occurs, the fusion can break down, the plasma cools, and the process slows or stops.  As the test reactors continue to gather data, these phenomena are better understood.\n\nFinally, those 14 MeV neutron zip through the magnetic bottle and the water, and interact with impurities in the concrete and building materials, creating radioactive waste.  This waste is not insignificant - huge amounts of concrete becomes low-level waste.  Low level waste is NOT a measure of how dangerous it is - this stuff can be very dangerous - but it will only remain dangerous for about 100 years or so.  It's not the stuff that remains deadly for thousands of years.\n\nSo solve the instabilities, be able to sustain a plasma and reaction long enough to become self-sustaining, and be prepared for the low level waste, and fusion will become an almost unlimited energy supply.
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Arab countries wont be able to master nuke tech coz they really dont have the brains for it. If they are buildin one then there is only one way trading the knowledge from pakistan or india where they are the masters in Nuke technology!..
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Ok and you can find articles on how to build nuclear weapons on the internet do that mean you have one or even have the capacity to make one in your basement? So what l am sure he was trying from the 90's to build one but that don't mean he had one and we had to rush to war to stop him from using it.
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Nukes with the ability to launch them.
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The world's best-known and most  efficient 'secret' manufacturer of weapons of mass destruction  is not Iraq, not even North Korea, but the barbaric zionist enclave in Palestine. A nuclear, biological and chemical  warfare programme that even the Israeli Knesset cannot get  access to, let alone the United Nations.  In September 1986, Mordechai Vanunu, a technician at  Israel's Dimona nuclear site, revealed to the Sunday Times  that the nuclear military programme based there had produced  'over 200' nuclear warheads. Days later he was tricked into flying to Rome where he was  abducted by Mossad agents and secretly transported to Israel.  In November 1986, he was tried in camera and sentenced to 18  years' imprisonment, 14 of which were spent in solitary  confinement.\nIn 1999, in response to a petition from Yediot Ahronot  newspaper, the government released about 40 per cent of the  trial documents.\nThe Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists estimates that Israel  has the world's fifth largest stockpile of nuclear warheads  (more than Britain, which it believes has 185).\nIn February 2000, Knesset member Issam Mahoul said Israel  had '200 to 300' nuclear weapons; in August of that year, the  Federation of American Scientists said that Israel could have  produced 'at least 100 nuclear weapons, but probably not  significantly more than 200'; the Stockholm International  Peace Research Institute estimates 200. Other sources, including Jane's Intelligence Review,  estimate between 400 and 500 thermonuclear and nuclear  weapons.\nWhat Dimona is to Israel's nuclear programme, the Israeli  Institute for Biological Research (IIBR) at Nes Ziona is to  its chemical and biological warfare (CBW) programme. The  high-security facility is absent from aerial survey  photographs and maps, on which it has been replaced by orange  groves.\nExcept for token visits to Dimona by a Norwegian team in  1961 and a US team in 1969, there has been no international  scrutiny. Even the Knesset is denied access.\nHowever, the 1993 report by the Office of Technology  Assessment for the US Congress states that Israel has  'undeclared offensive chemical warfare capabilities' and is  'generally reported as having an undeclared offensive  biological warfare programme'.\nAnthony Cordesman of the Centre for Strategic and  International Studies states that Israel has conducted  extensive research into gas warfare and is ready to produce  biological weapons.\n\nAccording to an exhaustive study by Karel Knip, a Dutch  journalist, the IIBR's work has included the synthesis of  nerve gases such as tabun, sarin and VX.\n\nThe October 1992 crash an of El Al cargo plane in Amsterdam  that caused at least 47 deaths and caused hundreds of  immediate and subsequent mysterious illnesses led to the  disclosure in 1998 that flight LY1862 was carrying chemicals  including 50 gallons of dimethyl methylphosphonate (DMMP) - enough to produce 594 pounds of sarin. The DMMP was supplied  by Solkatronic Chemicals Inc of Morrisville, Pennsylvania, and  was destined for the IIBR.\n\nAvner Cohen has catalogued reported uses of biological  weapons by Jewish forces during the 1948 war in Palestine. The  Israeli historian Uri Milstein alleged that 'in many conquered  Arab villages, the water supply was poisoned to prevent the  inhabitants from coming back.' Milstein states that one of the largest of such covert operations caused the typhoid outbreak  in Acre in May 1948.\n\nThe Palestinian Arab Higher Committee reported in July 1948  that there was some evidence that Jewish forces were  responsible for a cholera outbreak in Egypt in November 1947  and in Syrian villages near the Palestinian-Syrian border in  February 1948.\n\nIn May 1948, the Egyptian ministry of defence stated that  four 'zionists' had been captured while trying to contaminate  artesian wells in Gaza with 'a liquid which was discover
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India has had Nuclear Power for several years, we did not give them the technology.  They were not a part of the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty.  President Bush concluded talks with India that came to an agreement with them in principal on that accord.  We have never given away the technology for those weapons.
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blorgo's posting made some good points, but I want to add a few things. \n\nFirst, it's going much too far to state the Taiwan is in any way "subordinate" to China. For one thing, there are still 20 or so nations that recognize the ROC and not the PRC. Only in the offical dis-information of PRC mythology does China control or administer anything having to do with Taiwan. In reality, Taiwan operates as a completely separate and sovereign nation, with all that that implies. The only real, concrete effect of China's insistence that "Taiwan is a part of China" is caused by the incredible economic and diplomatic resources devoted by China to try to restrict Taiwan's international and diplomatic "space", and China's spreading of misleading dis-information to the world and especially to its own citizens on the real issues involved. For example, all countries have an embassy in Taipei, only most of them can't CALL it an embassy. They have to call them "trade and culture offices".  \n\nDoes China have some sacred "right" to control every region where people speak Chinese and even identify themselves as ethically-Chinese? If so, then England can take "back" the USA, Canada, Austailia and New Zealand. Spain has a right to attack Mexico, Cuba, Texas, etc. Or?  \n\nThe Peoples Republic of China (PRC) has never at any time controlled Taiwan in any way or form. \n\nDuring the last decades of the last (Qing) imperial dynasty, the power of the central government was finally extended far enough to bring some degree of administrative control to some areas of Taiwan. That regime, however, was NOT the present PRC government, but rather the old, feudal regime that was overthrown in the 1911 revolution --a decade before the formation of the Chinese Communist party.\n\nSo, Taiwan may be said to have "belonged" in the past to the previous imperial Chinese regime, but to say that Taiwan today belongs to the PRC would be like saying Chechnya, Kazakhstan, Estonia, Lithuania and other (presently) independent nations "belong" to Russia, because the previous imperial Russian regime had at one time extended its control to those regions several generations ago.\n\nThe two major parties in the legislature are the DPP and the KMT. The KMT is the party of the late dictator Chiang Kai-Shek. They are trying to keep China happy, hoping it will give them advantages in the event that China gains control of Taiwan in the future. The DPP is by far the more patriotic and democratic of the two parties, and promotes the development of a Taiwan-centered national consciousness.\n\nTaiwan is now one of the most open societies in the world, and certainly in Asia. High standards of education, multi-party democracy, free press, freedom to protest. Taiwanese of all political stripes enjoy protesting. I have attended quite a few very large street demonstrations in the last few years. Some of them are celebratory and some of them are the rowdy and angry kind, but all are peaceful and no one gets hurt. The police are there, not to hinder the demonstrations but only in case a fight breaks out, just as in Europe or USA.\n\nIs it this kind of freedom that PRC leaders are afraid might spread to China?
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I have done some extensive study of Iran and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Iran is a party to the NPT. The enrichment plant that Iran has built in no way violates their resonsibilities as a signer to the NPT. The centrifuges that everyone talks about are normal equipment for anyone who wants to enrich uranium. The same equipment is used to enrich uranium to 5% (for nuclear power) or 95% (for weapons). (The only other way used today is gaseous diffusion.)\n\nIn my opinion, Iran has every right (as granted to them by the NPT) to mine, mill, convert, enrich, burn, and (hopefully) reprocess uranium. Iran's facilities have been inspected repeatedly and absolutely no evidence of a nuclear weapins program has ever been found there. \n\nThe United States was the country that gave Iran the technology and supplies (in the 1970s) for a nuclear power capability. I think that Iran should be allowed to continue with their nuclear program. If they do eventually develope nuclear weapons, it will be another sad day. But they will not be the only country with nukes in the middle east. As of now, it is known that Israel, and India have them also.\n\nIran has every right to nuclear power (no matter now much oil they have) and every aspect of its production. We must not deny them this right.
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USA, Russia, France, Britain, China, India and Pakisthan have weapons and ICBM's to deliver those.\nIsrael might have a few, North Korea and Iran might be developing as Pakisthan and China and Russia might've sold secrets.\nUSA and Russia have 1000's while France, Britain, China  have hundreds.\nIndia's count is unknown but is suspected to rival China as they have been producing in secret since 1970's (Indira Gandhi)\nMany countries like South Africa and Canada have technology but don't build them.\nWith Canada, France, USA's and Russia's help India might rival almost everyone.
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Taiwan is a beautiful island nation, often referred to with names such as:\n-"Ilha Formosa - Beautiful Island"\n-"Island of Prosperity"\n-"Silicon Island"\n-"The California of Asia"\n\nTaiwan is well known for its dominance in the world IT hardware industry. The majority of all the world's notebooks, LCD monitors, PDAs, wireless routers, CDs and a whole array of computer parts are produced by Taiwanese companies.\nOne of the "Four Asian Tigers", Taiwan is ranked as the most competitive nation in all of Asia.\n\nTaiwan is extremely convenient. I could almost testify that you can stand anywhere in Taipei, and see at least 1 convenience store (7-11, Family Mart, etc.) In addition, Taiwan boasts the world tallest building and ALL of Taipei city is to become wireless, meaning that you can go online anywhere you want in the city - as long as you have a laptop (which are amazingly affordable in Taiwan).\n\nIn addition, Taiwan is known for its beautiful scenery. Taiwan's landscape is widely varied, it has the tallest mountain range in Far East Asia, to some of the finest beaches for surfing in the world.\n\nFood in Taiwan is excellent. From authentic Chinese cuisine from all regions of China, to local Taiwanese dishes, to the fresh seafood, to a wide array of tropical fruits... - taste buds just love Taiwan.\n\nHowever, Taiwan also has various faults. Lying on a faultline, the country is often hit by earthquakes. In summer, the island is swept by typhoons.\nPollution is a problem in some areas, but is getting better as more and more low-end industries shift their production to developing countries such as China, Vietnam and India.\n\nA major factor that influences Taiwan also, is communist China.\nThe People's Republic of China (PRC), which has never had any control over Taiwan, claims that Taiwan is part of the PRC, and is willing to use war to claim the island.\nHowever, what China has difficulty grasping is that, as a thriving democracy, Taiwan is governed by its people, and any issues regarding national sovereignty can only be decidedly democratically through the people of Taiwan alone.\n\nIn conclusion, I think that Taiwan is an amazing country, but most of all, I think that it is a place for everyone. \n\nDo you like:\n- bustling cities? \nTaiwan has them.\n\n- picturesque countryside? \nTaiwan has that.\n\n- warm weather? \nTaiwan has that.\n\n- convenience?\nTaiwan has that.\n\n- technology? \nTaiwan is called Silicon Island for a reason!\n\n- history? \nTaiwan is home to the National Palace Museum, which houses one of the largest collections of Chinese artifacts in the world.\n\n- parties on the beach?\nSure! Bring your surfboard too - hit the waves in the day, party at night!\n\n- politics?\nIt is impossible to understand the China/Taiwan conflict unless you have visited both places.\n\n- different cultures?\nThe first people to come to Taiwan were the native aborigines.\nThen came the Dutch.\nThen came the Spanish.\nThen came the Hoklo and Hakka people.\nThen came the Japanese.\nThen came the Americans who kicked the Japanese out.\nThen came the mainland Chinese.\nThen came the thousands of foreign investors from all over the world.\nThen came the Vietnamese, Thais and Filipinos to get better paying jobs than back home.\n\nLike I said, Taiwan, a beautiful country with something for everyone.
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very little except what they tell us, and half of everything kim jong il says is utter nonsense.  but they have supposedly peformed nuclear testing and have a working bomb, but that doesn't mean they have any missile capabilities to launch it (it would have to be dropped from a plane ala hiroshima and nagasaki).
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they spend large amounts of money on secret military projects, they have space capabilities, they  have nukes and delivery systems for these. they are spending lots of money in Africa in an effort to gain oil control and now control the panama canal. they want to retake Taiwan. any military action will cause a would fear in the world markets.
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Yep. True story.\n\nBut not real nukes.
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We have agreements with Taiwan that states that if China launches an unprovoked attack against the island that US will defend Taiwan. However if Taiwan wanted to invade China the United States would not support her in an unprovoked war of aggression. Our honor as a nation says that we should honor our agreements if we do not our allies will question our support of them. Even though it may seem like we do not have many allies now. We do, and we can not afford to have our allies questioning our sincerity to help them out when they need it. \n\nShould we stay in this alliance? That is the better question. The ultimate answer is yes. Taiwan needs our protection because we provide a natural deterrent to China invading the Taiwan. This deterrent provides for security and prosperity for both China and Taiwan. It also provides for greater regional security. A war with China and the United States most likely would include North Korea who would try to invade the south and possibly Japan. The conflict between China and Taiwan is in actuality a civil war, one that has been going on since before the Second World War between the Communist and the Democratic Nationalist. We should support legal democracies around the world such as Taiwan. As Winston Churchill once said "Democracy is the worst form of government except for all the others that have already been tried."  \n\nOur honor, regional security, national security and our democratic values dictate that we stand up to China.
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It is  a catch 22 situation. If you don't sell arms to others, where does your arms industry go? And if you do, there is a real danger of them ending up being used against you. For example, Pakistan has provided nuclear techonology to North Korea. Now, that it is available, it can easily fall in the hands of terrorists who can use it to make dirty bombs that will make 9/11 look like a school picnic.
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U.S. has a multi-million dollar trade deficit to China. 1/2 the stuff in your home has, "Made in China" stamped/stickered on the back. They are mass producing everything. Yes, many of the items labeled that way are produced in Taiwan, which is still technically part of China. The reason they are growing so quickly is because of your own noted, "growth at all costs ideology". People in China work for China. People in U.S. work for themselves, their own promotion. Education here has taken a sharp turn for the worse, so next generation of workers may not be as shrewd or competitive.