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The vicious circle of nations bumping up their nuclear weapons

weapons1US, Russia, India driving China’s nuclear modernisation: Pentagon By PTI | 14 May, 2016WASHINGTON: The defence capabilities possessed by the US , Russia and India are among the main factors driving China to modernise its nuclear force and bolster its strategic strike capabilities, the Pentagon has said. ….

China, it said, insists that the new generation of mobile missiles, with warheads consisting of multiple independently targeted re-entry vehicles ( MIRVs ) and penetration aids, are intended to ensure the viability of its strategic deterrent in the face of continued advances in the US and, to a lesser extent, Russian strategic ISR (Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance), precision strike, and missile defence capabilities.

“Similarly, India’s nuclear force is additional driver behind China’s nuclear force modernisation,” the Pentagon said in its report. …… http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/52264621.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

May 16, 2016 - Posted by | 2 WORLD, weapons and war

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