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Peace Minded Xijinping must Abolish Chinese No 1st Nuke Policy ASAP - for Dotard

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US ready to use nukes in case of conventional attack - Nuclear Posture Review
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The US is more likely to use nuclear weapons, according to the new Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) just released by the administration of President Donald Trump.
Washington’s new Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) recommends a hawkish approach to cooperation with Russia over nuclear proliferation, and further calls for the US to tackle “an unprecedented range and mix of threats” posed by foreign powers including Russia, China, North Korea and Iran.

A key shift from existing nuclear weapons policy is the expansion of scenarios in which a nuclear threats would be considered. The document lists non-nuclear attacks that could constitute grounds for US nuclear retaliation. Under the new NPR, a conventional attack which results in mass casualties or targets key infrastructure could trigger a nuclear response.

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The review suggests a hawkish approach to cooperation with Russia over nuclear proliferation. It warns that Russia is “developing and deploying new nuclear warheads and launchers” and will “continue to increase its warhead delivery capacity” in the future.

Washington finds “troubling” Russia’s adoption of military strategies and capabilities that rely on nuclear escalation, according to the NPR.

"Russia has demonstrated its willingness to use force to alter the map of Europe and impose its will on its neighbors, backed by implicit and explicit nuclear first-use threats," the report says.

"We do not want to regard Russia as an adversary," said Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification and Compliance, Anita E. Friedt said at the NPR roll-out at the Pentagon on Friday. “This not a Russia-centric NPR."

The US “remains committed to the moratorium on nuclear testing." National Nuclear Security Administration Administrator Steve Erhart added.

The review also calls for more integration between nuclear and non-nuclear forces, and upgrading F-35 fighter aircraft to carry nuclear bombs and missiles. In doing so, the line between nuclear and non-nuclear warfare becomes less clear.

US forces will strengthen their ability to integrate nuclear and non-nuclear military planning and operations,’ the NPR says.
 

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I want to point out this Solid Prove that USA is now a Shitlessly Desperate and Frightful Little Girl cornered naked by Kim Jong Nuke, Putin & Xi. This is the only explanation of such Nuclear Posture.

USA is out funded, out gun-ed, lost in all arm races, out of wit, out of luck, out of allies, out of friends, TOO MANY FOES. It's nukes are also very old and out dated. MAGA is too late by 15 years.

Soon they have to commit suicide in despair.
 

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evil americunt can only fight with conventional weapons
when the enemy is weak like iraq , libya ...
if it is a powerful country like russia ,
no choice have to use nuke , hopefully can win
 

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Report: Trump Nuclear Posture Review Overstates China’s Nuclear Arsenal Modernization Plans
Chinese Arsenal Significantly Smaller, Less Capable Than U.S. Arsenal
WASHINGTON (February 1, 2018)—A leaked draft of the Trump administration’s Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) misrepresents the status of China’s nuclear forces, according to a white paper released today by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS).

“China has made slow but steady incremental improvements to its nuclear arsenal,” says paper author Gregory Kulacki, China Project manager at the UCS Global Security Program. “But the gap between China and the United States is too wide to argue that the United States is lagging behind in any meaningful way. In fact, the exact opposite is true. By any measure, the U.S. arsenal is far superior.”

Regardless, the leaked NPR draft erroneously states that the United States needs new nuclear weapons because “China is expanding and modernizing its considerable nuclear forces” and is pursuing “entirely new nuclear capabilities.”

Among other things, the paper points out that:

  • the U.S. arsenal of 4,480 active and reserve nuclear warheads is more than 10 times the size of the Chinese arsenal;
  • the United States has 400 ground-based intercontinental ballistic missiles, at least four times more than China’s 75 to 100 ICBMs; and
  • 12 U.S. nuclear-capable submarines currently carry 900 warheads while China’s four ballistic missile submarines carry none.
“There is no evidence that nuclear weapons are becoming more prominent in China’s military strategy or that China has changed its longstanding no-first-use policy,” says Kulacki. “Chinese military sources emphatically state that China’s only security objective with its relatively small nuclear force is to retain the ability to retaliate in the event of a nuclear attack.

“If the Trump administration were truly concerned about limiting the size and capability of China’s nuclear forces,” he added, “it would ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, which China signed in 1996, and negotiate a fissile material control treaty, which China supports. Doing so would cap the size of China’s nuclear arsenal.”
 

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Trump Revises Nuclear Posture Toward Russia: Conventional Attack Could Prompt Nuclear Response

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The Trump administration will continue much of the Obama administration's nuclear weapons policy - with the addition of a much more aggressive stance towards Russia, according to the results of a year-long, 74-page "Nuclear Posture Review" (NPR) conducted by the Department of Defense.

The administration's view is that Russian policies and actions are fraught with potential for miscalculation leading to an uncontrolled escalation of conflict in Europe. It specifically points to a Russian doctrine known as "escalate to de-escalate," in which Moscow would use or threaten to use smaller-yield nuclear weapons in a limited, conventional conflict in Europe in the belief that doing so would compel the U.S. and NATO to back down, according to AP.



"Recent Russian statements on this evolving nuclear weapons doctrine appear to lower the threshold for Moscow's first-use of nuclear weapons," reads the report. Of note, "Russia" is mentioned 14 times in the document.


The United States and Russia have in the past maintained strategic dialogues to manage nuclear competition and nuclear risks. Given Russian actions, including its occupation of Crimea, this constructive engagement has declined substantially. We look forward to conditions that would once again allow for transparent and constructive engagement with Russia.

...this review candidly addresses the challenges posed by Russian, Chinese, and other states strategic policies, programs, and capabilities, particularly nuclear.

In order to address Moscow's more liberal policy on the use of nukes, the Trump administration has two solutions; 1) modify a "small number" of existing ICBMs carried by Trident strategic submarines with smaller-yield nuclear warheads, and 2) "in the longer term," develop a nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missile - a weapon that existed during the Cold War but was retired in 2011 by the Obama administration.

The rest of the Nuclear Posture Review falls mostly in line with the previous administration's stance, and does not call for any net increase in strategic nuclear weapons.

The Trump administration concluded that the U.S. should largely follow its predecessor's blueprint for modernizing the nuclear arsenal, including new bomber aircraft, submarines and land-based missiles. It also endorsed adhering to existing arms control agreements, including the New START treaty that limits the United States and Russia each to 1,550 strategic nuclear warheads on a maximum of 700 deployed launchers. -NY Daily News

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We can't wait to hear how Democrats spin this. Perhaps they'll say Putin is so sneaky that he got his "puppet" Trump to beef up US nuclear defenses against Moscow!

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Statement by President Donald J. Trump on the Nuclear Posture Review:

On January 27, 2017, in one of my first acts in office, I directed Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis to conduct a Nuclear Posture Review (NPR). After a year of thorough analysis and careful deliberations across our government, today, my Administration is announcing the conclusions of this review. These conclusions are grounded in a realistic assessment of the global security environment, the need to deter the use of the most destructive weapons on earth, and our Nations long-standing commitment to nuclear non-proliferation.

Over the past decade, despite United States efforts to reduce the roles and numbers of nuclear weapons, other nuclear nations grew their stockpiles, increased the prominence of nuclear weapons in their security strategies, and - in some cases - pursued the development of new nuclear capabilities to threaten other nations. Meanwhile, successive United States administrations deferred much-needed modernization of our nuclear weapons, infrastructure, and delivery systems.

The 2018 NPR addresses these challenges. It describes the roles nuclear weapons play in our national security strategy. The strategy is tailored and flexible to address the wide array of threats in the 21st century. It pursues modernization of our nuclear command, control, and communications, all three legs of our triad, our dual capable aircraft, and our nuclear infrastructure. The strategy develops capabilities aimed at making use of nuclear weapons less likely. It enhances deterrence of strategic attacks against our Nation, and our allies and partners, that may not come in the form of nuclear weapons. And, importantly, it reaffirms our commitment to arms control and nuclear non-proliferation, maintains the moratorium on nuclear testing, and commits to improving efforts to prevent, detect, and respond to nuclear terrorism.
 

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Trump's Nuclear Posture Review shows greater willingness to use nukes first, say critics
  • President Trump's Nuclear Posture Review released Friday shows greater willingness to use nukes first, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists.
  • The document said the U.S. will develop for deployment a "low-yield" nuclear warhead for submarine-launched ballistic missiles.
  • It also shows the U.S. plans to "strengthen the integration of nuclear and non-nuclear military planning."
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A Trump administration Nuclear Posture Review released Friday shows a greater willingness to use nuclear weapons first and calls for development of new nuclear weapons and capabilities to counter rivals such as Russia and China.

The NPR document released by the Pentagon also said the U.S. will develop for deployment a "low-yield" nuclear warhead for submarine-launched ballistic missiles "that is able to penetrate adversary defenses." It also said the U.S. will "strengthen the integration of nuclear and non-nuclear military planning."

"This is a pretty sharp departure from current policy or even pre-Obama policies," said Lisbeth Gronlund, senior scientist and co-director of the Global Security Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. "President Trump is embarking on a reckless path — one that will reduce U.S. security both now and in the longer term."

Gronlund added that her biggest concern with the new policy is "an emphasis on integrating nuclear and conventional forces to facilitate nuclear warfighting. This new policy deliberately blurs the line between nuclear and conventional forces and eliminates a clear firewall."

'Cost-effective' nuclear triad
The Defense Department's document concludes that the nation's nuclear triad — land, sea and air-based capabilities — remains "the most cost-effective and strategically sound means of ensuring nuclear deterrence." The nuclear triad has been a centerpiece of the nation's strategic defense since the 1960s but U.S. defense officials have complained it relies in part on an aging stockpile of weapons and delivery systems at a time when Russia and China are modernizing their own nuclear forces.

According to the document, the U.S. nuclear forces have suffered as a result of "consistent underfunding" and it argues that the nation must make "significant and sustained investments" over the coming decade to deter rival superpowers.

"U.S. nuclear weapon modernization will cost about 6.4 percent of the current Department of Defense budget at its peak," said Michaela Dodge, a policy analyst specializing in nuclear weapons policy at Heritage Foundation's Center for National Defense, a conservative Washington-based think tank. "The value that the United States is getting out of its nuclear deterrent way surpasses it."


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In his note introducing the strategy document, Defense Secretary James Mattis wrote, "This review comes at a critical moment in our nation's history, for America confronts an international security situation that is more complex and demanding than any since the end of the Cold War. In this environment, it is not possible to delay modernization of our nuclear forces if we are to preserve a credible nuclear deterrent."

Modernizing forces
The review also indicated that the modernization of the nuclear triad and the associated command and control system must remain a priority for the Pentagon. It also affirmed specific replacement programs initiated by the Obama administration, including new nuclear ballistic missile submarines, strategic bombers, nuclear air-launched cruise missiles and intercontinental ballistic missiles.

Specifically, the Navy is funding development of the Columbia-class nuclear missile submarine, which replaces the Trident missile-armed Ohio-class submarine program. Construction of the first Columbia-class boat by prime contractor General Dynamics is set for 2021 and the program is expected to cost nearly $270 billion over its life cycle, based on government estimates.

On the missile side, nuclear upgrades planned include replacing the military's current 400 silo-based Minuteman III missiles. The review also calls for updating hundreds of ICBM launch facilities. Replacement is expected to begin in 2029, according to the Pentagon.

For the nation's nuclear-capable bomber force, including the aging B-52 Stratofortress and B-2 stealth bombers, there are plans underway to replace them with Northrop Grumman's B-21 long-range strike bomber. The Pentagon expects the first B-21 Raider bomber beginning in mid-2020s, with a projected cost of $550 million per plane.

The F-35 stealth fighter — one of the military's biggest and most expensive acquisition programs — also received attention in the document with the Pentagon noting that "the United States is incorporating nuclear capability onto the forward-deployable, nuclear-capable F-35 as a replacement" specifically for the current generation of aging dual-capable aircraft. Lockheed Martin is the prime contractor on the F-35 program, which could be valued at more than $1 trillion over the 55-year life cycle of the program.

"Modernizing our dual-capable fighter bombers with next-generation F-35 fighter aircraft will maintain the strength of NATO's deterrence posture and maintain our ability to forward deploy nuclear weapons, should the security situation demand it," the review said.

Deterring Russia
Among the other investments planned is the so-called "low-yield" nuclear warhead that could be launched underwater. This warhead with less explosive force is in response to Russia, which developed underwater drones that are capable of carrying low-yield warheads.

"The only purpose of this adding another delivery type is to enable ... a more surgical, low-yield strike," said Gronlund, a physicist by training. "We're sort of primed to engage in this kind of nuclear warfighting. This brings us closer to the edge. We still need some kind of spark though."

Also, Gronlund said that the new nuclear warhead isn't needed because the U.S. already has bombs and air-launched cruise missiles with a low-yield capability. She also said the Trump policy is counter to the "very long glide path" of the U.S. reducing its emphasis on nuclear weapons use.

But the NPR argues that the "low-yield" warhead for the U.S. Trident missile would be "a comparatively low-cost and near-term modification to an existing capability that will help counter any mistaken perception of an exploitable 'gap' in U.S. regional deterrence capabilities."

The document also calls for the U.S. to develop "a modern nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missile." It said the "low-yield" option on the Trident missile and the sea-launched cruise missile would "provide additional diversity in platforms, range, and survivability, and a valuable hedge against future nuclear 'break-out' scenarios."

"Unfortunately, this NPR does not argue for maintaining 'strategic stability' nor does it explain whether, how and why the call for new U.S. nuclear capabilities will reduce the threat of nuclear conflict," said Thomas Countryman, former acting undersecretary of State for arms control and the chairman of the Arms Control Association, a nonpartisan disarmament group based in Washington.

But others maintain that the new nuclear weapons strategy makes sense and argue that there's a need to strengthen nuclear deterrence capabilities, including through smaller "low-yield" bombs.

"It realistically assesses international conditions and addresses impacts of these developments for nuclear forces, including strengthening deterrence by reintroducing low-yield nuclear weapon options to the U.S. nuclear weapon arsenal," said Dodge, the Heritage analyst.

Dodge also said the document "highlights negative security trends since the end of the Cold War, particularly the mistaken belief that Russia's trajectory of development will be benign."

China's growing arsenal
At the same time, the document cites nuclear threats faced as China aggressively expands its missile technology and nuclear capabilities. It said Beijing also is "engaged in increasingly aggressive behavior in outer space and cyber space."

Even so, the document said Washington "does not wish to regard either China or Russia as an adversary and seeks stable relations with both. We have long sought a dialogue with China to enhance our understanding of our respective nuclear policies, doctrine, and capabilities." It also said the U.S. seeks "to improve transparency" as well as "to help manage the risks of miscalculation and misperception."

The nuclear posture document also mentions threats posed by rogue regimes such as North Korea and Iran.

"Russia and North Korea have increased the salience of nuclear forces in their strategies and plans and have engaged in increasingly explicit nuclear threats," said the NPR. "Like Russia, China is pursuing entirely new nuclear capabilities tailored to achieve particular national security objectives while also modernizing its conventional military, challenging traditional U.S. military superiority in the Western Pacific. "

Finally, the NPR said the Iran nuclear deal "may constrain Tehran's nuclear program" but added that the Islamic republic still "retains the ability to produce weapons grade uranium for use in a nuclear weapon if it decides to do so. This, combined with Iran's ongoing missile testing, is a serious concern."
 

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Anti-Russian & ‘nothing to do with reality’: Moscow lambastes US Nuclear Posture Review
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Washington seeks to justify its policy aimed at lowering the nuclear threshold by accusing Russia of an alleged “aggressive strategy,” the Russian Foreign Ministry has said, commenting on the latest US Nuclear Posture Review.
The US accusations against Moscow set out in the latest Nuclear Posture Review “have nothing do with reality,” the ministry said in a statement on Saturday as it expressed its “deep disappointment” with the document. Washington uses its traditional anti-Russian rhetoric to justify its own “large-scale nuclear weapons buildup,” it added.

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The US readiness to use its nuclear arsenal against Russia pre-emptively is nothing but an “attempt to question [Moscow’s] right for self-defense against an aggression in a situation that is critical for the very existence of the Russian state,” the statement said.

It adding that Russia’s military doctrine allows the use of nuclear weapons only in case of aggression involving the use of weapons of mass destruction or where the existence of the nation is at stake.

Unlike Russia, the US has adopted a very broad and vague definition of situations which allow Washington to use its nuclear arsenal, the ministry warned. The NPR de facto allows the US strategists “to treat almost any use of military force as a reason for carrying out a nuclear strike against those deemed aggressors,” it said.

The US also plans to modernize its nuclear arsenal by developing new, low-power nuclear munitions. The possession of such weapons coupled with a doctrine stating the right to a pre-emptive strike drastically increases the risk of a nuclear war even in “low-intensity conflicts,” the Russian ministry said.

Moscow also expressed its concern over the fact that the US maintains and upgrades its tactical nuclear weapons in Europe, deploying them “in the immediate vicinity of the Russian borders.” It also criticized the practice of the NATO “joint nuclear missions” that allow non-nuclear weapon member states of the Alliance to take part in planning and training in the use of nuclear weapons. This constitutes a “major violation of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT),” the statement said.

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Nuclear-armed UK allies, namely the UK and France, should be taking part in efforts aimed at nuclear disarmament, the ministry said. It also noted that the US does not even mention its own obligations under the NPT, but instead speaks about the need to “contain” Russia by using the joint nuclear arsenal of all NATO nuclear-armed states.

The ministry described Washington’s accusations as a “dishonest attempt to shift its own culpability for the degradation of… international and regional security” onto others. It also accused Washington of “irresponsible actions” that have led to the “unbalancing of the [international] arms control mechanism.”

The administration of US President Donald Trump released the new Nuclear Posture Review on Friday. The document contains an expansion of scenarios in which nuclear threats would be considered and lists non-nuclear attacks that could be regarded as a sufficient basis for a nuclear response.

The review suggests a hawkish approach to cooperation with Russia over nuclear proliferation. It also accuses Moscow of engaging in a range of “troubling” activities.
 

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  北京时间2月3日,美国国防部发布《核态势审议报告》,妄加揣测中国发展意图,渲染中国核力量威胁,中方对此表示坚决反对。

  中国坚定走和平发展道路,坚定奉行防御性国防政策。始终恪守在任何时候、任何情况下不首先使用核武器政策,明确承诺无条件不对无核武器国家和无核武器区使用或威胁使用核武器。中国在核武器发展方面始终采取极为克制的态度,始终把自身核力量维持在国家安全需要的最低水平。

  核态势审议首先要正确看待时代大势。和平与发展是不可逆转的世界潮流,美方是拥有世界最大核武库的国家,应主动顺应这一潮流,而非背道而驰。我们希望美方摒弃冷战思维,切实承担自身核裁军特殊、优先责任,正确理解中方战略意图,客观看待中国的国防和军队建设,同中方相向而行,使两军关系成为中美关系的稳定因素,共同维护好世界与地区的和平、稳定与繁荣。

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China accuses US of 'Cold War mentality' over nuclear policy
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China has urged the US to drop its "Cold War mentality" after Washington said it planned to diversify its nuclear armoury with smaller bombs.

"The country that owns the world's largest nuclear arsenal, should take the initiative to follow the trend instead of going against it," China's defence ministry said on Sunday.

The US military believes its nuclear weapons are seen as too big to be used and wants to develop low-yield bombs.

Russia has already condemned the plan.

Iran's foreign minister claimed it brought the world "closer to annihilation".

What is the new US policy?
The US is concerned about its nuclear arsenal becoming obsolete and no longer an effective deterrent. It names China, Russia, North Korea and Iran as potential threats.

Where are the world's nuclear weapons?

The Pentagon document released on Friday, known as the Nuclear Posture Review (NPR), argues that developing smaller nuclear weapons would challenge that assumption. Low-yield weapons with a strength of under 20 kilotons are less powerful but are still devastating. The policy also proposes:

  • Land-based ballistic missiles, submarine-launched missiles, and air-delivered weapons - to be extensively modernised, as begun under ex-President Obama
  • Proposed modification of some submarine-launched nuclear warheads to give a lower-yield or less powerful detonation
  • Return of sea-based nuclear cruise missiles
Countering the "growing threat from revisionist powers", such as China and Russia, was at the heart of America's new defence strategy announced last month.

What did China say?
China said on Sunday it "firmly" opposed the Pentagon's review of US nuclear policy.

The defence ministry in Beijing said Washington had played up the threat of China's nuclear threat, adding that its own policy was defensive in nature.

"We hope that the United States will abandon its Cold War mentality, earnestly assume its special disarmament responsibilities, correctly understand China's strategic intentions and objectively view China's national defence and military build-up," its statement said.

China has used the Cold War label before to criticise US policy. Late last year it denounced Washington's updated defence strategy and urged the US to abandon "outdated notions".

In the NPR document, the US accused China of "expanding its already considerable nuclear forces" but China defended its policy on Sunday saying it would "resolutely stick to peaceful development and pursue a national defence policy that is defensive in nature".

How did others react?
The Russian foreign ministry accused the US of warmongering, and said it would take "necessary measures" to ensure Russian security.

"From first reading, the confrontational and anti-Russian character of this document leaps out at you," it said in a statement on Saturday.

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov expressed "deep disappointment" at the plan.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif argued the proposals were in violation of the international nuclear non-proliferation treaty.

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