{"id":2328732,"date":"2024-08-21T19:10:58","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T23:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-demands-drastic-and-substantive-cuts-to-us-nuclear-arsenal-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-21T19:23:02","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T23:23:02","slug":"china-demands-drastic-and-substantive-cuts-to-us-nuclear-arsenal-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-demands-drastic-and-substantive-cuts-to-us-nuclear-arsenal-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"China demands \u2018drastic and substantive cuts\u2019 to US nuclear arsenal &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchina-demands-drastic-and-substantive-cuts-to-us-nuclear-arsenal-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2328732&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>China has called for significant reductions in the \u200cUnited States&#8217; nuclear arsenal, stating that the U.S. represents the main source of nuclear threats\u200c globally.\u2063 Chinese \u2062Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning urged the U.S. to fulfill its obligations for nuclear disarmament,\u200c including stopping nuclear sharing and extended deterrence alliances that could undermine \u2063regional peace. This demand \u2064reflects concerns similar to those expressed by Russia and North Korea, who criticize\u2063 U.S. military alliances in \u2062Europe and\u200b Asia.<\/p>\n<p>Recent assessments indicate \u2062that China&#8217;s nuclear capabilities are rapidly expanding, with new silos being filled with missiles. This development, alongside increasing threats \u2062from \u200dRussia and North Korea, suggests a \u2064potential coordinated nuclear strategy against the U.S. The U.S. is adapting its nuclear strategy to address these emerging challenges, particularly \u2064focusing \u200bon\u2063 the expansion of China&#8217;s nuclear arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>The evolving nuclear landscape is marked by multiple states ramping up their nuclear capabilities, making the prospect of arms control and risk reduction efforts increasingly difficult. As the U.S. navigates this new nuclear age, military and diplomatic \u2063strategies are being refined to ensure credible deterrence \u200bagainst these\u200b threats. The\u2063 situation is further complicated by Japan&#8217;s foreign policy adjustments, \u2062which may impact regional security dynamics.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">China demands &lsquo;drastic and substantive cuts&rsquo; to US nuclear arsenal<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1735305\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"China\">China<\/a> called for &ldquo;drastic and substantive cuts to [the United States] nuclear arsenal&rdquo; in a dismissive response to Washington&rsquo;s concern that &ldquo;multiple nuclear-armed adversaries&rdquo; could coordinate a joint <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nuclear-weapons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"nuclear weapons\">nuclear weapons<\/a> threat to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/United-States\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"United States\">United States<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is the U.S. who is the primary source of nuclear threats and strategic risks in the world,&rdquo; Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said Wednesday. &ldquo;China urges the U.S. to fulfill its special and primary obligation of nuclear disarmament by further making drastic and substantive cuts to its nuclear arsenal, and stopping nuclear sharing, extended deterrence, expanding nuclear alliance, and other negative moves that undermine global and regional peace and stability.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Behind the nuclear jargon, the Chinese foreign ministry&rsquo;s demands mount to a call for the United States to abandon the policy of assuring allies in NATO and the Indo-Pacific that they are protected from their neighbors by U.S. nuclear weapons.&nbsp;Those demands amplify the complaints leveled by Russia and North Korea, which have condemned the U.S. alliances in Europe and northeast Asia while enhancing their own military cooperation amid the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia-ukraine-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Russia-Ukraine war<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Any one of these nuclear challenges would be daunting by itself, but the simultaneity and growing collaboration and evidence of collusion between them is unprecedented, forcing us to think in new and careful ways about challenges such as deterrence, escalation dynamics, and deterring opportunistic aggression in this new nuclear age,&rdquo; Dr. Vipin Narang, the outgoing acting assistant secretary of defense for space policy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csis.org\/analysis\/nuclear-threats-and-role-allies-conversation-acting-assistant-secretary-vipin-narang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told\">told<\/a> the Center for Strategic and International Studies on Aug. 1.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A TV screen shows a file image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Pyongyang, during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, June 21, 2024. (AP Photo\/Ahn Young-joon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Chinese forces have &ldquo;begun loading [new nuclear silos] with missiles,&rdquo;&nbsp;Narang noted,&nbsp;as part of a nuclear expansion by Beijing that has shocked observers in Washington and neighboring capitals. The rapidity and scale of China&rsquo;s nuclear upgrade is coinciding with more overt threats from Russia and North Korea, leaving U.S. officials to contemplate the possibility that their burgeoning axis of nuclear adversaries could coordinate a multi-theater attempt to coerce the U.S. or its allies.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Over the past several years, we have refined the strategic concepts and plans that we will need to make deterrence credible in this new nuclear age,&rdquo; said Narang. &rdquo;The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-shifts-strategy-ready-for-nuclear-attack-from-adversaries-as-threats-grow-report\/\" title=\"Biden Shifts Strategy, Ready for Nuclear Attack from Adversaries as Threats Grow: Report\">president recently issued updated nuclear-weapons employment guidance<\/a> to account for multiple nuclear-armed adversaries, and in particular the significant increase in the size and diversity of the PRC&rsquo;s nuclear arsenal.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Those remarks hinted at the adoption of a new nuclear strategy &ldquo;that, for the first time, reorients America&rsquo;s deterrent strategy to focus on China&rsquo;s rapid expansion in its nuclear arsenal,&rdquo; as the <em>New York Times<\/em> reported this week.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We now find ourselves in nothing short of a new nuclear age, an unprecedented mix of multiple revisionist nuclear challengers who are uninterested in arms control or risk reduction efforts, each rapidly modernizing and expanding their nuclear arsenals and openly threatening to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maintaining-americas-nuclear-deterrent\/\" title=\"Maintaining America\u2019s Nuclear Deterrent\">employ nuclear weapons<\/a> to achieve their aims,&rdquo; Narang said. &ldquo;The growth in and diversification of the Chinese nuclear force, something we neither anticipated nor accounted for when we crafted the Nuclear Modernization Program over a decade ago, will be a defining feature of this new nuclear age.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Russia, for its part, <a href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/world\/1831881\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>touted<\/a> the Chinese Foreign Ministry&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/world\/1831911\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>rebuttal<\/a> on state media pages and offered their own condemnation of U.S. cooperation with Japan &mdash; a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2962607\/japanese-prime-minister-addresses-undercurrent-of-self-doubt-about-us-role-abroad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>mainstay<\/a> of the U.S. alliance network in the Indo-Pacific.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Japan&rsquo;s foreign policy poses clear risks to regional stability and security,&rdquo; Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Wednesday. &ldquo;Of particular concern are Japan&rsquo;s plans to erode the country&rsquo;s nuclear-free status by joining the United States&rsquo; so-called joint nuclear missions, holding multilateral drills involving allied strategic aircraft certified to perform nuclear tasks and discussing the possibility of hosting US <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-north-koreas-nuclear-weapons-build-up-is-so-dangerous\/\" title=\"Why North Korea\u2019s Nuclear Weapons Build-Up Is So Dangerous\">medium-range missiles<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida fears that China or North Korea will take Russia&rsquo;s nuclear-shielded invasion of Ukraine as a model for aggression in Asia.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The ramifications of Russia&rsquo;s threat to use nuclear weapons are not limited to the threat itself,&rdquo; Kishida has <a href=\"https:\/\/japan.kantei.go.jp\/101_kishida\/statement\/202206\/_00002.html\">said<\/a>. &ldquo;The threat may have already caused serious damage to the nuclear nonproliferation regime. It may have already made it even more difficult for countries seeking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-caves-to-worlds-leading-state-sponsor-of-terrorism-prepared-to-lift-sanctions-on-iran\/\" title=\"Biden Caves To World\u2019s Leading State Sponsor Of Terrorism: Prepared To Lift Sanctions On Iran\">develop nuclear weapons<\/a> to abandon their plans. Moves to develop and possess nuclear weapons might even spread further to other countries.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>U.S. officials have been working to assure allies that they do not need to obtain their own nuclear weapons, while also coming to terms with the expansion of threats.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our current nuclear force posture and plan modernization program is necessary but may well be insufficient in the coming years to support this need,&rdquo; Narang said. &ldquo;We must continue to strengthen our network of allies and partners and our extended deterrence efforts in NATO and the Indo-Pacific, because these are our asymmetric advantage over our adversaries.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1735305\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1735305\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China has called for &#8220;drastic and substantive cuts&#8221; to the United States&#8217; nuclear arsenal, responding dismissively to U.S. worries about potential coordinated nuclear threats from multiple adversaries. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning stated on Wednesday that the U.S. is the main source of nuclear threats and strategic risks globally. She urged the U.S. to fulfill its obligations for nuclear disarmament by significantly reducing its nuclear stockpile and ceasing actions like nuclear sharing, extended deterrence, and expanding alliances that could destabilize global peace.<\/p>\n<p>The demands reflect a broader criticism similar to those made by Russia and North Korea regarding U.S. alliances in Europe and Northeast Asia, especially as these nations enhance their military cooperation amid ongoing conflicts like the Russia-Ukraine war. Dr. Vipin Narang, acting assistant secretary of defense for space policy, highlighted that while each of these challenges is significant on its own, their simultaneous emergence requires new strategies for deterrence in this evolving nuclear landscape.<\/p>\n<p>Narang noted that China has begun deploying missiles in new silos as part of a rapid expansion of its nuclear capabilities\u2014an alarming development for both Washington and neighboring countries\u2014and raised concerns about a potential coordinated effort among adversaries against the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>In response to these developments, Narang indicated that updated guidance on U.S. nuclear weapons employment has been issued to address multiple adversaries&#8217; growing capabilities\u2014particularly China&#8217;s expanding arsenal\u2014which marks a shift in America&#8217;s deterrent strategy towards this new reality.<\/p>\n<p>Russia echoed China&#8217;s statements through state media while criticizing U.S.-Japan cooperation as detrimental to regional stability due to Japan&#8217;s plans involving joint military exercises with American forces capable of carrying out nuclear missions.<\/p>\n<p>Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida expressed concern over how Russia&#8217;s use of its nuclear threat might inspire similar aggression from China or North Korea in Asia, warning it could undermine global nonproliferation efforts.<\/p>\n<p>U.S officials are striving to reassure allies about not needing their own atomic weapons while recognizing an increase in threats they face; Narang emphasized the importance of strengthening alliances as an asymmetric advantage against adversaries moving forward<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2743,"featured_media":2328733,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/china-nuclear.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[38882,4501,32402,38881,36408],"class_list":["post-2328732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-arms-reduction","tag-china","tag-international-relations","tag-nuclear-arsenal","tag-us-foreign-policy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/china-nuclear.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2328732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2743"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2328732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2328732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2328733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2328732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2328732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2328732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}