Commentary
China’s nuclear arsenal is getting more powerful. On Feb. 7, the public learned from U.S. Strategic Command that the number of China’s land-based intercontinental ballistic missile launchers exceed those of the United States.
Lawmakers in Washington raised the launchers as a “wake-up call.”
“We have no time to waste in adjusting our nuclear force posture to deter both Russia and China,” several Republicans said in a joint statement. “This will have to mean higher numbers and new capabilities.”
The U.S. military is already modernizing its nuclear forces, but the discovery of China’s production speed will quicken the pace….