China Opposes U.S. Withdrawal From Missile Treaty to Keep Advantage
Posted By Bill Gertz On January 31, 2019 @ 4:08 pm
China is opposed to the United States' withdrawal from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty while refusing to join the arms accord to avoid limiting its large missile forces, according to a congressional report.
In contrast to the ban on U.S. and Russian intermediate-range missiles, "remaining outside the pact has allowed China to rapidly expand its missile arsenal as part of a military strategy designed to counter U.S. and allied military power in Asia," states a staff report by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission made public this week.
"Implicit in this position is a recognition that limits on the United States and Russia that do not constrain China advantage Beijing," the report says.
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