The American president, Joe Bidenapproved in March a highly classified nuclear strategic plan that, for the first time, reorients the deterrent strategy of USA to focus on the rapid expansion of the nuclear arsenal of Chinareported this Tuesday, August 20, the newspaper The New York Times (NOW).
This roadmap also seeks for the first time to prepare USA for possible coordinated nuclear challenges by China, Russia y North Koreaaccording to that newspaper.
The document in question is updated approximately every four years and is so highly classified that there are no electronic copies, only a small number of printed copies distributed to a few national security officials and commanders of the Pentagon.
The New York Times He noted that Congress is expected to be informed before the Biden leave power after the elections on November 5.
The document examines in detail whether the country is prepared to deal with nuclear crises or a combination of nuclear and non-nuclear weapons.
The paper recalled that in the past the possibility that US adversaries could coordinate nuclear threats to overcome the US nuclear arsenal seemed remote, but explained that the “emerging partnership” between Russia y China and conventional weapons that North Korea e Iran are supplying Russia for the war in Ukraine have changed the thinking of Washington.
The change is also attributed to the nuclear ambitions of China. Nuclear expansion is moving forward at a faster pace than U.S. intelligence officials anticipated two years ago, driven by the president’s determination, Xi Jinpingto reach or exceed the size of the arsenals of Washington y Moscow.
In October of last year the Pentagon stated that China In May 2023, the United States had 500 nuclear warheads, a figure that was on track to exceed previous forecasts and could reach 1,000 by 2030.
Its annual report on China’s military strength, published by the Defense Department at the request of Congress, estimated that that arsenal would continue to grow until 2035, in line with the goal of ensuring that the modernization of its military is “basically complete” by then.
The Asian country’s military strategy also highlighted that it considers its “limitless” association with Russia It is essential to advance its development and emergence as a great power.
The New York Times He pointed out on Tuesday that Washington He is also concerned about the stagnation of talks with China on improving nuclear safety. There was an exchange on this between the two countries last autumn, but since then Beijing It has been hinted, according to your information, that there is no interest in continuing it. EFE
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