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China pledges to continue to 'modernize' nuclear arsenal, calls on US, Russia to make greater cuts
Fox ^ | 04 January 2022 | Caitlin McFall

Posted on 01/04/2022 6:07:19 PM PST by blueplum

China on Tuesday said it would keep modernizing its nuclear program in the name of "safety" but called on the United States and Russia to make greater cuts to their arsenal stockpiles. ...

...Fu’s comments come one day after the five states recognized under the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) — the U.S., Russia, France, the United Kingdom and China, who are also the five permanent members (P5) of the UN Security Council — issued a joint pledge to lower the risk of nuclear war.

The P5 affirmed that "nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought" and that "nuclear weapons — for as long as they continue to exist — should serve defensive purposes, deter aggression, and prevent war."

While the U.N. permanent member nations hold the greatest number of nuclear arsenals, nations like India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea have known stockpiles as well.

The U.S. and Russia have been working to reduce their nuclear stockpiles since the end of the Cold War....

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: nationalsecurity; nuclear; roguenuclear; worldsecurity
China logic: I'll stop hitting you when you stop making me hit you.
1 posted on 01/04/2022 6:07:19 PM PST by blueplum
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To: blueplum

Hey… let’s you two disarm…OK?


2 posted on 01/04/2022 6:09:15 PM PST by House Atreides
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To: blueplum

I wish I had the ability to set off all of China’s nuclear weapons simultaneously. That comes close to a just punishment for what they’ve done to the planet.


3 posted on 01/04/2022 6:11:35 PM PST by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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To: blueplum

The US/Russia can drop/fire a few at China to cut back


4 posted on 01/04/2022 6:12:08 PM PST by butlerweave
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To: blueplum; All

Lets Go China!


5 posted on 01/04/2022 6:19:55 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: blueplum

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6 posted on 01/04/2022 6:30:07 PM PST by sauropod (Resident Bidet. A confused old man at the wrong bus stop.)
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To: House Atreides

If we had any sense, we would be working WITH the Rooskies to box China in.


7 posted on 01/04/2022 6:35:49 PM PST by Ouderkirk (The democRATS are not looking to govern, they intend to RULE.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

RE: Fu’s comments....


Oh yeah. Fu Q. Is that clear enough?


8 posted on 01/04/2022 7:05:36 PM PST by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: Ouderkirk

China is stoking the conflict between the US and Russia.

Ponder this: China owns the US leadership. US leadership is trying to curtail Russia via conflict and sanctions.

Meanwhile China is “supposedly” working closely with Russia in a quasi-friendship manner yet does nothing to stop the anti-Russia sentiment out of the US.

One could say China is using the US to weaken Russia.

If Russia collapses, China will grab the entire Russian Far East. If the US collapses, its only obstacle to world power is gone.

If a war breaks out, both the US and Russia will be weakened.

China comes out ahead... almost like it is planned.


9 posted on 01/04/2022 10:55:21 PM PST by VetoBill
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