The U.S. military has once again released a big scoop! On December 23, according to foreign media reports, a draft report from the Pentagon claimed that China may have already loaded more than 100 intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) into three new missile silos, and shows no willingness to engage in arms control negotiations. The report highlights Beijing's growing military ambitions. China may have already deployed over 100 "Dongfeng-31" (DF-31) solid-fuel ICBMs in missile silos near the border with China and Mongolia.
Evidently, what is the purpose of this big scoop by the U.S. military? In one word, it is to pull us into nuclear arms control negotiations. However, the so-called claim that China may have already loaded more than 100 DF-31 solid-fuel ICBMs is likely not true at all. The United States itself admits that the DF-31 is a solid-fuel ICBM, and such missiles are mainly deployed in a mobile manner. Deployment in missile silos is not the mainstream. The U.S. military doesn't even understand basic facts; isn't this a typical case of speaking without any basis?
Furthermore, both the U.S. and Russia have about 1,500 warhead nuclear weapons on combat alert. The number of nuclear weapons in the U.S. and Russia far exceeds ours. Then, why does the U.S. dare to hype about our 100 or so missiles? The U.S. and Russia have far more nuclear weapons than we do, yet they now want to bring us into nuclear arms control. Why should we participate in such an unequal nuclear arms control negotiation? If the U.S. truly wants to conduct negotiations, then it should first reduce its missile numbers to the same level as ours. Playing games under the guise of nuclear arms control to pursue unilateral nuclear superiority - we will not play along!
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