Wednesday, September 12, 2018

China "Modernizing" Their Nuclear Arsenal

      This article is about China's new efforts to "modernize" their nuclear arsenal. It cites from the PLA, which is the People's Liberation Army official newspaper. The PLA recently published a report in which Chinese researchers wrote about how because the tensions between the USA and Russia are increasing, and their respective nuclear arsenals are increasing - China must do the same. 
      China has had nuclear arms capabilities since 1964, but they also signed the 1968 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons along with the Soviet Union and the United States. I find it disturbing that all three of these nations signed that treaty, make statements about the need for de-nuclearization, and yet currently are increasing their nuclear programs.

https://www.newsweek.com/china-wants-new-nuclear-weapons-keep-us-russia-military-power-795401

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