The United States must contend simultaneously with two peer nuclear powers for the first time ever, as China and Russia continue to grow and modernize their nuclear arsenals, according to Maj. Gen. Ferdinand Stoss, director of plans and policy at United States Strategic Command. “This is the first time ever that we have a three-party nuclear peer dynamic,” Stoss said, according to Air Force Magazine. “And we have no history of this. This is epic.” The comments were delivered during a talk on the modernization of the United States’ strategic nuclear deterrent capabilities at an annual summit on nuclear deterrence in Washington, D.C. The remarks underscored a growing anxiety about the Chinese regime and its continued efforts to become a nuclear peer of the United States and Russia. China’s communist rulership is engaged in a systematic military modernization program, of which a part is alleged to be rapidly expanding the …