They say this was detected years ago, but they chose not to even say anything about it until "a day after the treaty limiting U.S. and Russian missile and warhead deployments expired"?
I don't buy it. I do buy that China has a lot more nukes than before, there doesn't seem be to be any disagreement about that, but "revealing" years-old tests now smells more like an excuse for US build-up than anything else.
America tests nukes and figures out the viability of its stockpile through sophisticated simulations right? Isn’t that what those supercomputers at DOE labs do? I can’t exactly blame other countries for testing however they can, if they don’t have the same capability. Especially in this day and age, where perhaps they fear military action from America and need to feel more confident about their deterrents.
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[ 5.6 ms ] story [ 28.4 ms ] threadThey say this was detected years ago, but they chose not to even say anything about it until "a day after the treaty limiting U.S. and Russian missile and warhead deployments expired"?
I don't buy it. I do buy that China has a lot more nukes than before, there doesn't seem be to be any disagreement about that, but "revealing" years-old tests now smells more like an excuse for US build-up than anything else.