I very much like to see diplomacy. We as a species need a lot more of it.
Another giant win for the “old” man! Dark Brandon knows politics. Wish we didn’t force him out of running in ‘16. The Democratic Party owes him a giant apology and I’m 100% sure we wouldn’t still be dealing with the orange dummy if the DNC did the right thing back then.
And Putin and Kim on the outside looking in…
And it will end up with either argue for the similar total number of weapons, or similar per capita number of weapons.
Wait, did that headline mentioning something like “*US officials concerned that China nuclear warheads exceeds 500+*” spook China? The timing kinda makes me wonder if that number was intentionally released and China wasn’t aware of our nuclear stockpile monitoring capabilities.
China following rules….ok
How the flying fuck did Dark Brandon pull this shit off?
The old motherfucker is old, but he is damned good at his job.
China agrees to nuclear arms-control talks with US -WSJ
Reuters
November 1, 20234:45 PM PDTUpdated 2 hours ago
The flags of the United States and China fly in Boston
The flags of the United States and China fly from a lamppost in the Chinatown neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., November 1, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights
Nov 1 (Reuters) – China and the United States will discuss nuclear arms control next week, the first such talks since the Obama administration, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
China’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday after a visit by Foreign Minister Wang Yi to Washington that the two countries would hold “consultations on arms control and non-proliferation” in the coming days, as well as separate talks on maritime affairs and other issues.
Those arms talks would be led on Monday by Mallory Stewart, a senior State Department official, and Sun Xiaobo, the head of the arms-control department at China’s Foreign Ministry, the Wall Street Journal report said.
The U.S. State Department and China’s embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to requests by Reuters for comment on the timing or format of the talks.
U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said in 2021 that the Chinese and U.S. presidents had agreed to “look to begin to carry forward discussion on strategic stability”, a reference to Washington’s concerns about Beijing’s nuclear weapons build-up.
But the White House was quick to say at the time that the discussions would not resemble formal arms reduction talks, like those the U.S. has had with Russia.
Since then, U.S. officials had expressed frustration that China showed little interest in discussing steps to reduce nuclear weapons risks.
China has more than 500 operational nuclear warheads in its arsenal and will probably have over 1,000 warheads by 2030, the Pentagon said in October. But Beijing has long argued that the U.S. already has a much larger arsenal. The arms talks would occur before a likely meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping in San Francisco in November, although a senior Biden administration official said on Tuesday important details have yet to be hammered out.
A flurry of China-U.S. diplomatic engagements in recent months, largely at Washington’s request, has sought to salvage what were rapidly deteriorating ties between the two countries following the U.S. downing in February of a suspected Chinese spy balloon over the United States.
Daryl Kimball, executive director of the Washington-based Arms Control Association, said the overdue arms talks would likely focus on promoting greater transparency of each countries’ nuclear doctrines and more effective crisis-communication channels.
“I don’t think, however, we should expect breakthroughs in the near term. That’s going to take time and give and take from both sides,” Kimball said.
Reporting by Jasper Ward, Dan Whitcomb, Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom; Editing by Sandra Maler and Grant McCool
Most likely scenario is china did this because they’ve built up the arms to a level they deemed acceptable. That’s why there was the news of the nuke jump to 500
More like America respecting China’s capabilities now
such a dumb fucking decision, we need our nuclear arsenal to be at least 1/3 of what the americans have to serve as credible deterrence.
So China built a bunch of nukes as a chit to disarm the US. Assassins mace stuff, they will expect proportionate or greater returns from a reasonably transparent government, while they make a show of disarming.
China does not want testing, or any use to resume. They are also unhappy about Russia’s continued threats of using nuclear weapons.
I suspect NK’s stoppage of nuclear tests was directly due to Chinese pressure, also. US just announced a new gravity bomb design?
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nice some good news i think
I very much like to see diplomacy. We as a species need a lot more of it.
Another giant win for the “old” man! Dark Brandon knows politics. Wish we didn’t force him out of running in ‘16. The Democratic Party owes him a giant apology and I’m 100% sure we wouldn’t still be dealing with the orange dummy if the DNC did the right thing back then.
And Putin and Kim on the outside looking in…
And it will end up with either argue for the similar total number of weapons, or similar per capita number of weapons.
Wait, did that headline mentioning something like “*US officials concerned that China nuclear warheads exceeds 500+*” spook China? The timing kinda makes me wonder if that number was intentionally released and China wasn’t aware of our nuclear stockpile monitoring capabilities.
China following rules….ok
How the flying fuck did Dark Brandon pull this shit off?
The old motherfucker is old, but he is damned good at his job.
China agrees to nuclear arms-control talks with US -WSJ
Reuters
November 1, 20234:45 PM PDTUpdated 2 hours ago
The flags of the United States and China fly in Boston
The flags of the United States and China fly from a lamppost in the Chinatown neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., November 1, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights
Nov 1 (Reuters) – China and the United States will discuss nuclear arms control next week, the first such talks since the Obama administration, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
China’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday after a visit by Foreign Minister Wang Yi to Washington that the two countries would hold “consultations on arms control and non-proliferation” in the coming days, as well as separate talks on maritime affairs and other issues.
Those arms talks would be led on Monday by Mallory Stewart, a senior State Department official, and Sun Xiaobo, the head of the arms-control department at China’s Foreign Ministry, the Wall Street Journal report said.
The U.S. State Department and China’s embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to requests by Reuters for comment on the timing or format of the talks.
U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said in 2021 that the Chinese and U.S. presidents had agreed to “look to begin to carry forward discussion on strategic stability”, a reference to Washington’s concerns about Beijing’s nuclear weapons build-up.
But the White House was quick to say at the time that the discussions would not resemble formal arms reduction talks, like those the U.S. has had with Russia.
Since then, U.S. officials had expressed frustration that China showed little interest in discussing steps to reduce nuclear weapons risks.
China has more than 500 operational nuclear warheads in its arsenal and will probably have over 1,000 warheads by 2030, the Pentagon said in October. But Beijing has long argued that the U.S. already has a much larger arsenal. The arms talks would occur before a likely meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping in San Francisco in November, although a senior Biden administration official said on Tuesday important details have yet to be hammered out.
A flurry of China-U.S. diplomatic engagements in recent months, largely at Washington’s request, has sought to salvage what were rapidly deteriorating ties between the two countries following the U.S. downing in February of a suspected Chinese spy balloon over the United States.
Daryl Kimball, executive director of the Washington-based Arms Control Association, said the overdue arms talks would likely focus on promoting greater transparency of each countries’ nuclear doctrines and more effective crisis-communication channels.
“I don’t think, however, we should expect breakthroughs in the near term. That’s going to take time and give and take from both sides,” Kimball said.
Reporting by Jasper Ward, Dan Whitcomb, Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom; Editing by Sandra Maler and Grant McCool
Most likely scenario is china did this because they’ve built up the arms to a level they deemed acceptable. That’s why there was the news of the nuke jump to 500
More like America respecting China’s capabilities now
such a dumb fucking decision, we need our nuclear arsenal to be at least 1/3 of what the americans have to serve as credible deterrence.
So China built a bunch of nukes as a chit to disarm the US. Assassins mace stuff, they will expect proportionate or greater returns from a reasonably transparent government, while they make a show of disarming.
China does not want testing, or any use to resume. They are also unhappy about Russia’s continued threats of using nuclear weapons.
I suspect NK’s stoppage of nuclear tests was directly due to Chinese pressure, also. US just announced a new gravity bomb design?