Missile Issues in East Asia

Although the Cold War has been over for a decade, conditions remain that are producing new instabilities—and potential conflicts—in the rapidly changing contemporary world. Missile proliferation issue is a case in point. Missiles, as the most effective delivery vehicles, have the advantages of high velocity, low cost, and great accuracy in a conflict. Few current control or defense measures are adequate to deal with the threat posed by missiles. In particular, when equipped with warheads of mass destruction, missiles can inflict devastating damage on the country attacked.