New York Times columnists David Sanger, William Broad and Chris Buckley said the American authorities’ decision to counter Russia and China was complicated by the presence of nuclear weapons in them. This has been reported Web site versions.
“We don’t know what to do,” said former Pentagon official Henry Sokolsky.
American journalists believe that China will “expand its nuclear potential”, which will change the balance of power in the international arena.
“There is a debate on Capitol Hill about whether the upcoming expansion of the Chinese arsenal requires an entirely new approach. Some Republicans have talked about raising the nuclear potential to a level that can withstand combined Russian-Chinese forces after START ends,” the publication says.
The previous day, Jill Hruby, head of the US Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration, said that the US has a desire. to manage Dialogue with Russia and China on strategic stability. He noted that Washington has begun developing technologies to verify its latest weapons systems.
At the end of March, Russia’s permanent representative in international organizations in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov, said that there are prerequisites for a dialogue with the United States on strategic stability. missing.