Apocalypse Fifth Chinese Horse. China’s Strategic Nuclear Forces

... military point of view, since China's nuclear infrastructure is quite vulnerable. The official nuclear doctrine of China is commonly perceived by experts as a propaganda document, if only because it is the preemptive strike that attaches any value to China’s strategic nuclear forces [2] . Under these new conditions, strategic nuclear forces appear to be the only Beijing’s tool to deter the US and its allies. Many assessments of the current state of Beijing’s nuclear potential vary greatly and ...