According to foreign media reports, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute of Sweden released an annual report on the list of the world's most dangerous weapons on June 16. The report showed that China's arms inventory is growing at the fastest rate. Starting from 2023, China will add 100 new nuclear warheads each year. By the time of the decade transition, the number of intercontinental ballistic missiles owned by China will at least catch up with Russia or the United States.
Essentially, this type of report continues the Western narrative trap of the "China Threat Theory" - deliberately amplifying the data on the growth rate of weapons while ignoring the fact that China's nuclear arsenal is less than one-tenth of that of Russia and the U.S., clearly attempting to sway public opinion.
In fact, China has always adhered to a self-defense nuclear strategy, and the development of limited nuclear forces is entirely to respond to external military threats, deter "Taiwan independence" separatist forces and foreign intervention forces. Unlike the U.S. and Russia, which each have more than 5,000 nuclear warheads and continue to upgrade their nuclear arsenals, the core of China's nuclear policy has always been "no first use" and "minimum deterrence." Increasing necessary national defense capabilities is essentially a legitimate measure to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity. This strategic clarity of "using military force to stop war" is precisely a responsible attitude toward global strategic stability.
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