China has adopted remarkably distinct policies in the development,deployment and employment of nuclear forces compared with that of other nuclear powers,and its internal logic is also quite different from that of othe...China has adopted remarkably distinct policies in the development,deployment and employment of nuclear forces compared with that of other nuclear powers,and its internal logic is also quite different from that of other nuclear powers.Since the acquisition of nuclear capability,the external security environment facing China has undergone many crucial changes.China’s economic and technological capabilities have also made considerable progress,but its changed internal and external environment has not significantly impacted China’s nuclear policy.China’s nuclear policy is generally stable,but there are also subtle and slow adjustments.These adjustments include a gradual increase in transparency in nuclear policy,and China has made some limited efforts to enhance the viability of its smaller nuclear forces in order to ensure the credibility and reliability of its nuclear deterrence.China’s cognition of nuclear weapons and the experience and lessons of the nuclear arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War period had influenced China’s nuclear policy.If the international situation and external environment do not change significantly,and China’s confidence in its nuclear deterrent credibility remains unchanged,China will maintain its current asymmetric deterrent capability.展开更多
文摘China has adopted remarkably distinct policies in the development,deployment and employment of nuclear forces compared with that of other nuclear powers,and its internal logic is also quite different from that of other nuclear powers.Since the acquisition of nuclear capability,the external security environment facing China has undergone many crucial changes.China’s economic and technological capabilities have also made considerable progress,but its changed internal and external environment has not significantly impacted China’s nuclear policy.China’s nuclear policy is generally stable,but there are also subtle and slow adjustments.These adjustments include a gradual increase in transparency in nuclear policy,and China has made some limited efforts to enhance the viability of its smaller nuclear forces in order to ensure the credibility and reliability of its nuclear deterrence.China’s cognition of nuclear weapons and the experience and lessons of the nuclear arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War period had influenced China’s nuclear policy.If the international situation and external environment do not change significantly,and China’s confidence in its nuclear deterrent credibility remains unchanged,China will maintain its current asymmetric deterrent capability.
