Khrushchev told Mikoyan of his idea of shipping Soviet missiles to Cuba.

Ship to ship missiles: Both the Valkyrie and Pegasus are fitted with ship-to-ship missile tubes.

In addition, the United States has been distressed by China's decision to ship medium-range ballistic missiles to Saudi Arabia.

North Korea has shipped missiles to the Middle East, including Iran, and to Pakistan.

Today Mr. Holum said China promised the United States in 1994 that it would not ship powerful missiles to countries that did not possess them.

China gave Pakistan the design for a nuclear weapon and the materials to make it, and it shipped missiles to the Middle East.

American officials later acknowledged having shipped antitank missiles and parts for antiaircraft missile systems.

These missiles never posed a threat to the public and because of that, they were shipped differently than we would ship armed missiles.

Mr. Oehler said he was "virtually certain" that China had shipped complete missiles to Pakistan, not just parts or technology.

The law, however, allows for imports to be restricted if the Government concludes that China shipped complete missiles to Pakistan.