China’s Perspective on a Nuclear-Free World
Zhang, Hui
Washington Quarterly, April 2010, v33, #2, pp139-155
"China continues to modernize its nuclear force in order to maintain, and only to maintain, a reliable second-strike retaliatory capability. Its actions are driven mainly by U.S. advances in precision-strike weaponry and missile defenses. China’s nuclear modernization has aimed more at improving quality than quantity. The current effort focuses mainly on enhancing the survivability of its strategic nuclear force through greater mobility, including deploying solid-fuel and road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missiles and a new generation of ballistic missile submarines."
Hui Zhang is leading a research initiative on China’s nuclear policies for Harvard University’s Project on Managing the Atom in the Kennedy School of Government.
Go to the article at:
http://www.twq.com/10april/docs/10apr_Zhang.pdf
A25/02-10. Posted May 21, 2010
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