US increases risks of nuclear war - Chinese Defense Ministry
The policy of the United States to modernize the nuclear triad and deploy tactical weapons at the forefront reduces the threshold for the use of nuclear weapons. weapons. This was stated by the official representative of the Chinese Ministry of Defense Tan Kefei.
Such was Beijing's reaction to the Pentagon's annual report on China's military power. The document said that China is accelerating the pace of creating nuclear weapons and by 2035 can deploy 1,5 thousand nuclear warheads.
According to the Chinese representative, the American report distorts the national defense policy and military strategy of the PRC, interferes in domestic affairs on the Taiwan issue, and inflates the far-fetched "Chinese military threat."
The Chinese military department recalled that it is the United States that has one of the world's largest nuclear arsenals, deploys tactical nuclear weapons at the forefront and distributes this type of weapons through tripartite security treaties, for example, with Australia.
- noted in the Ministry of Defense of China. And they stressed that the PRC maintains its nuclear forces at the minimum level necessary for security and will not use them first under any circumstances.
It is noted that the United States, on the contrary, is increasing the risks of nuclear war.
Earlier, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that the US and China are in a tense rivalry. At the same time, he noted that Washington does not want a conflict with Beijing.
In recent years, the rivalry between America and China has been growing. The United States sees China as a dangerous competitor in the economy and military sphere, trying to slow down its development and influence in the world. To destabilize the PRC, the Americans are actively fueling anti-government protests and regional separatism. Prominent examples of this are the support for the self-proclaimed government in Taiwan and the approval of Chinese riots against anti-coronavirus restrictions.
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