On 3 February, INSS China Center Director Dr. Phillip Saunders was quoted in The Economist in the story, “America risks a nuclear-arms race with China."

Phillip Saunders of National Defence University, an American military college, notes that China’s nuclear forces are undergoing several changes: they are not only growing larger, but also becoming more diverse, with multiple types of warheads and launchers. They are being placed on higher alert. And they are becoming more capable of what the Pentagon calls “launch on warning” (ie, to detect an attack and strike back before the enemy’s weapons arrive).

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