TY - BOOK AU - FISHER Richard D TI - Northeast Asian missile forces: defence and offence PY - 2006/// KW - NORTHEAST ASIA KW - ARMS PROLIFERATION KW - MISSILES KW - STRATEGIC WEAPONS N2 - The United States has been encouraging missile defence cooperation among its allies in NE Asia as an alternative to strategic defence. However North Korea's actions and China's growing arsenal of missiles is tempting U.S. allies to develop their own independent weapons systems. Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea each have or are thought to be developing indigenous ballistic or cruise missiles ER -