> “The nuclear forces of China and the United States are not at the same level at all, and the strategic security environment and nuclear policies of the two countries are totally different,” Guo said.
An objectively true statement, and it’s not exactly hard to understand why a country with hundreds of nukes thinks the only two countries with thousands of nukes are fine to go ahead without them.
BoppoTheClown on
Ok tbf, Chinese nuclear arsenal is significantly smaller than US and Russia.
Them disarming 50% of their nukes have way bigger strategic implications than US disarming 50% of theirs.
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> “The nuclear forces of China and the United States are not at the same level at all, and the strategic security environment and nuclear policies of the two countries are totally different,” Guo said.
An objectively true statement, and it’s not exactly hard to understand why a country with hundreds of nukes thinks the only two countries with thousands of nukes are fine to go ahead without them.
Ok tbf, Chinese nuclear arsenal is significantly smaller than US and Russia.
Them disarming 50% of their nukes have way bigger strategic implications than US disarming 50% of theirs.