In March this year, US President Joe Biden approved a new nuclear strategy called Nuclear Employment Guidance, aimed at preparing for a possible coordinated nuclear conflict with countries such as Russia, China, China and North Korea. This was reported by The New York Times in her material published on Tuesday.
This new strategy takes into account the rapid increase in China's nuclear potential, which, according to the next decade, will be able to compete with the arsenals of the US and Russia in size and variety. In addition, the strategy also considers threats from Russia, including the threat of President Vladimir Putin to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine.
The New York Times reports that, after a long nuclear weapon reduction period, the US administration now signals the readiness to expand its arsenal to counteract Nuclear Strategies in China and Russia. In particular, in February, the United States warned its allies about the possibility of launching nuclear weapons into space.
It is known that two high -ranking administration officials have already hinted at the US nuclear strategy without disclosing its existence. In June this year, the Senior Director of the National Security Council, Pranay Vaddi, warned that, in the absence of changes "in the nuclear strategies of China and Russia, the US may move from the modernization of existing weapons to expand its arsenal. He also emphasized the need for simultaneous restraint of Russia, China and North Korea.
In addition, the last major agreement with Russia on the control of nuclear weapons "New Start", which establishes restrictions for nuclear weapons of the intercontinental range, ends in early 2026 without the possibility of continuation. In turn, China also stopped dialogue with the United States on nuclear security, which was previously considered an important step to prevent the risk of unintentional nuclear escalation.
Against the background of these events, China and Russia have become closer to both politically and economically. Last month, the Chinese and Russian bombers of the distant radius of action for the first time conducted a joint patrol near Alaska and conducted training with combat firing in the South China Sea.
The second representative of the administration, Vipin Narang, the nuclear strategist of the Massachusette Institute, which worked in the Pentagon, confirmed that Biden issued updated instructions for the use of nuclear weapons to consider numerous opponents with nuclear weapons and a significant increase in the number and variety of nuclear arsenal.
