Tang Xiaodong: Why did the U.S. military focus on the number of PLA nuclear warheads f

Author: Tang Xiaodong

The U.S. Department of Defense released the China Military and Safety Development Newspaper 2020, which was previously submitted to the Senate on September 1.In this document describing the military power of the PLA and explaining the US military expenses, it was reported that China opened the door and pointed out that China has led the United States in certain fields, including shipbuilding, conventional ballistic missiles and cruise missiles and synthetic air defense systems.

This newspaper also involved a major blind area of the outside world for the first time, that is, the Nuclear arsenal of the PLA. For the first time, the United States proposed that the Chinese active nuclear warheads were slightly more than 200 such as it.It will double.But in the eyes of analysts, the United States will focus on the focus.

As far as the application of nuclear weapons is concerned, since the end of World War II, it has also been mainly used for deterrent instead of actual combat: Since 1962, the guarantee of mutual destruction (MAD) mechanisms between nuclear countries has also ensured that the number of nuclear arsenal of all parties is finally finally.It will only reduce.

Today, nuclear weapons have tended to be miniaturized, low, and modernized. China, the United States, and Russian parties have also made great achievements in the fields of ultra-high-speed speed nuclear weapons.All-type missiles have been in service, and the U.S. military-ultra-high-speed speed glide (C-HGB) concept verification projects have also made progress, which has made the number of conventional nuclear weapons significant in the current new situation.

As far as the specific application of hypersonic weapons is concerned, missiles such as Dongfeng-26 currently installed by the PLA are gradually changing the rules of the game.This medium -range ballistic missile with a range of about 4,000 kilometers has allowed China to gradually have the ability to refuse/region (A2/AD) in the Western Pacific.

Some scholars believe that these systems can prevent the United States from controlling the water surface in the second island chain, thereby stopping and delaying US actions, and let the U.S. military's potential military operations be downgraded when necessary.At present, China's nuclear forces are gradually becoming modern and diverse, and the PLA will also increase the number of land, sea -based, and air -based nuclear carrier platforms.

It can be imagined that with the improvement of Washington's strategic will, Beijing has gradually paid another space for improving nuclear deterrence with the help of new weapons and new tactics. At this timequantity.

Of course, the United States has its own consideration to throw these messages.There is even a routine.

First of all, the United States hopes that the international community can form a magnitude of more than 200 more than 200 in the number of Chinese nuclear arsenal, so as to use it as a base for nuclear arms in the future.

The United States has systematic ideas on Beijing on the issue of nuclear arsenal. In 2019, the Trump administration proposed the possibility of reaching the China -US Trilute Military Control Agreement. After that, the Trump administration has always asked China to join the negotiations.

Secondly, the United States also tried to weaken the influence of China's nuclear deterrence, and then weakened China's nuclear forces' ability to shape China to China.

Earlier, the PLA launched two medium-range ballistic missiles including Dongfeng-21D and Dongfeng-26 on August 26, and the latter can also be equipped with the supertones.This makes it necessary for the United States to reduce the impact from Beijing in front of the allies.

In the final analysis, the United States is also unremitting to the issue of nuclear arsenal.With the US withdrawal of medium-range missile treaties in 2019, after 2019, a low-volume tactical nuclear weapon W76-2 warhead was deployed to develop a new W93 submarine-shooting nuclear warhead.The U.S. military also invested in ultra -high -speed nuclear weapons.

Therefore, the outside world can also make it clear that the core purpose of the US Department of Defense's throwing this newspaper is not to evaluate the military of China and other national military, but to create reasons for the US military expenditure.In order to better fight for funds from Congress, increase military expenses, and improve military strength.And this may be the reason why the United States seems to be out of focus on the issue of the PLA nuclear arsenal.