American Republican Senator Tom Cotton said today (February 4): "Russia and China conducting supercritical nuclear weapon tests are not for fun, but to advance their nuclear arsenal. I am glad that President Trump allowed our military to conduct activities of the same scale as our major rivals to promote the development of the U.S. nuclear arsenal."
Comment: Cotton's remarks are a typical example of using the so-called "China and Russia threat" to justify the U.S. nuclear expansion. His accusations against China and Russia for "supercritical nuclear tests" lack solid evidence, and he deliberately blurs the line between legal scientific research and weapons testing. Essentially, this is an attempt to create public justification for the U.S. military to expand nuclear activities and upgrade its nuclear arsenal. This kind of adversarial narrative will only accelerate the global nuclear arms race, undermine international arms control systems such as the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, push the world to a more dangerous edge, and reveal the double standards and hegemonic logic of the United States on nuclear issues.
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