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The article asserts that the Western Countries should stop selling arms to China. China is trying to displace the American power in Asia. The administration of U.S. President George Bush and the European Union sanctions arms manufacturers in the U.S. and Western Europe from selling weapons to China. It has been observed that Russia's numerous weapon manufacturers are free to sell their most advanced products to China. There are concerns regarding Israel's sale of its Phalcon AWACS radar to China.

The article informs that Israel's long-range, Green Pine radar, used to find targets for the Arrow 2 air defense missile, is being upgraded and doubled in power, possibly making it a candidate for conversion into a directed-energy weapon for use against Iranian and Syrian threats. A Pentagon radar specialist says the potential for the array would probably not be in ballistic missile defense, because warheads are so well shielded. Meanwhile, Israelis acknowledge they are tracking U.S. efforts to demonstrate anti-missile weapons using high-power microwave arrays and focused radar beams.