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· China’s Nuclear Silos and the Arms-Control Fantasy
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China Buys Friends with Ports and Roads. Now the U.S. Is Trying to Compete. (Stu Woo and Daniel Michaels, Wall Street Journal)
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China’s Nuclear Silos and the Arms-Control Fantasy (Matthew Kroenig, Wall Street Journal)
· “New satellite images published recently reveal that China is building more than 100 new nuclear missile silos in its western desert. Many American arms-control proponents, including the researchers who made the discovery and the Washington Post editorial board, immediately blamed China’s actions on U.S. nuclear modernization plans and recommended that Washington make an arms-control deal with China to address this nuclear threat. This is both the wrong diagnosis and the wrong solution. China is engaging in a massive nuclear-arms buildup as part of its broader strategy to challenge the U.S.-led rules-based international system, and the U.S. will need to respond by updating its nuclear program to defend itself and the free world.”
· “Arms-control talks with China, attempted unsuccessfully during both the Obama and Trump administrations, are unlikely to work any better for Biden. China’s nuclear buildup is intended to undermine U.S. defenses in the Indo-Pacific, break America’s regional alliances, and project China as a superpower.”
· “To counter this challenge, the U.S. will need to strengthen its nuclear arsenal. It should continue with the bipartisan plans to modernize U.S. nuclear weapons. In addition, the Pentagon should study whether it can meet its deterrence requirements with existing stockpile numbers, or whether an increase beyond New Start limits is necessary.”
· “By strengthening its arsenal, the U.S. can fend off China’s challenge and provide the free world with continued peace and stability.”
