According to China News Network , the public version of the new version of the US "Nuclear Posture Assessment Report" that was delayed due to the Russian-Ukrainian conflict has been officially released. In this report, the United States clearly listed China, Russia, North Korea and Iraq as potential opponents of nuclear weapons, and canceled the two policies that Biden once promised, "not to use nuclear weapons in first" and "nuclear weapons are only used for deterrence and counterattack".
When running for president, Biden published an article in US media saying that in his opinion, nuclear weapons should only be used for deterrence and retaliation against nuclear attacks, so he promised that if he is elected president, the threshold for the use of nuclear weapons will be raised.
Last year, Biden pretended to send signals to his allies to modify his nuclear weapons policy, saying that he would consider adopting a new nuclear weapons policy of "not using nuclear weapons first". In fact, it is not just Biden. Before leaving office, Obama and also had similar ideas. The Democratic president has always liked to promote so-called "values", so Biden's commitment to nuclear weapons policy is not to really love peace, but to cater to voters' political show.
Biden knows that once he proposes to "not use nuclear weapons first", allies under the US nuclear umbrella will immediately jump out to object. This was the case during the Obama era. This time, Biden just applied Obama's tricks back then. Faced with Biden's plan to amend his nuclear policy, Japan and other US allies immediately began to lobby against him, and Biden also took advantage of the situation and did not really modify his nuclear weapons policy. Therefore, the revision of the nuclear policy is just a double act that the United States and its allies sing.
On the issue of nuclear weapons, we should not look at what the United States said, but what the United States did. Looking back on the US’s actions on nuclear weapons over the years, it is not difficult to find that the US has actually been reversing history. For example, during the Trump period, the United States expressed its willingness to use tactical nuclear weapon for Iran , and to share nuclear technology with Saudi .
In addition, the United States has been strengthening its nuclear weapons strike capabilities and lowering the threshold for the use of nuclear weapons. For example, the new generation of the US "Sentinel" intercontinental ballistic missile will replace the "militia" to undertake land-based nuclear strike missions, and B-21 is replacing B-2 and B52-H to undertake air-based nuclear strike missions.
not only are the nuclear weapons vehicles constantly being updated, but the United States' improvements to nuclear warhead itself are also continuing. Over the years, the United States has been developing low-equivalent nuclear weapons. For example, the W76-2 nuclear warhead deployed on the USS Tennessee nuclear submarine is only 5,000 tons, about 1/18 of the W76 nuclear warhead. The equivalent of nuclear warheads has been greatly reduced, which undoubtedly increases the United States' willingness to use nuclear weapons, and the threshold for nuclear weapons will also be lowered.
Therefore, the United States, which usually puts a high hat on the issue of nuclear arms control , is actually vigorously promoting the nuclear arms race. The "Nuclear Posture Assessment Report" released by the Biden administration this time openly lists China, Russia, Iraq and North Korea as nuclear weapons opponents, which is a proof of the United States' once again provoking a nuclear arms race.
In addition, while the United States is replacing its nuclear power, it also plays with double standards and constantly exaggerates the development of China's nuclear weapons. The report mentioned that the United States evaluates that China may have at least 1,000 nuclear warheads by the end of this century, so the United States believes that China will challenge the United States in its nuclear weapons.
However, the United States kept silent about its existence and now it already owned nearly 6,000 nuclear warheads. Even if China had 1,000 at the end of this century, it was still less than 1/5 of that of the United States. The United States called China the so-called "threat", which fully exposed the United States' hegemonic thinking.
Regarding the "Nuclear Posture Assessment Report" released by the Biden administration, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of my country clearly responded that this report is full of Cold War thinking , and the US's malicious exaggeration of the confrontation of major powers runs contrary to international expectations. In addition, the US's nuclear blackmail cannot scare China, and we have full confidence in safeguarding national security interests. At the same time, I would like to advise the United States to adopt a rational and responsible nuclear weapon policy to make positive contributions to global peace and stability.
