US ill-prepared for a nuclear showdown with China

China’s nuclear expansion has put a spotlight on the US nuclear arsenal’s outdated state, forcing a critical rethink of US nuclear strategy amid a possible lowered threshold of nuclear weapons use over Taiwan. This month, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a report saying that the evolving nuclear dynamics in the Indo-Pacific region, driven by China’s rapid nuclear modernization, increase the likelihood of nonstrategic nuclear weapons use in such a conflict.

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