The United States has an extremely large nuclear arsenal in the world, and the number of nuclear weapons it possesses is enough to destroy the earth dozens of times, but the United States does not want others to do the same, China's nuclear weapons are only enough for self-defense, but the United States still uses the excuse that China has too many nuclear weapons and has repeatedly hyped up on the public opinion front.
Recently, the US Department of Defense released the "Report on China's Military Power", which said that China has more than 500 nuclear warheads in use, and will have more than 1,000 by 2030. The report drew the ire of Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning. She made a statement at the regular press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on October 20, responding to the matter, mainly the following three points.
First of all, Mao Ning pointed out that when the United States issues such a report containing the "China coercion theory," they are spreading false accusations against China and using this as a basis to find a pretext for their hegemonic behavior.
Second, as for China's development of nuclear weapons, Mao Ning said that this is all for the purpose of national self-defense. China has repeatedly stated that it will not be the first to use any nuclear weapons. This is very different from the United States.
Finally, Mao Ning pointed out that the United States has the largest and most advanced nuclear arsenal in the world, invests huge amounts of money every year to develop nuclear forces, and insists on using nuclear weapons first.
Americans should see how they are doing before blaming other countries. The United States is the only country in the world that has ever used nuclear weapons. Nor has it ever been declared that nuclear weapons will never be used against non-nuclear States. Nuclear weapons are a big stick in the hands of the United States, why can they only have them, but not China?
But no matter how many nuclear warheads China now possesses, this is not a valid reason for the United States to issue the Report on China's Military Power. This will only exacerbate tensions between the two countries and even lead to negative impacts on the economies and security of both countries.
Finally, is this a strategic means for the United States to test China? To be sure, this is not the first time the United States has published such reports on the number of Chinese nuclear weapons, and China has never accepted such reports. Therefore, this report only proves once again that the United States is conducting strategic probing against China.
The report released by the United States is actually just fighting a public opinion war. They conceal the reality that they threaten the entire international community, but they keep staring at China's self-defense weapons, and after all, they are still afraid. Because they know that even if China has few nuclear weapons, there is no problem in countering the United States.