Ex-Generals See Nuclear Blackmail 'Trinity' in Russia, China, North Korea
Fatma Khaled - Yesterday 4:42 PM
Former U.S. generals said Saturday that they see a nuclear blackmail "trinity" in Russia, China, and North Korea, adding that the United States must now "seriously" consider how it would counter one.
"The most significant of all the problem sets may be the emergence of a new norm in nuclear doctrine—blackmail. That approach is in stark contrast to the notion of Mutually Assured Destruction, where major powers—United States, the USSR, and China—viewed atomic attack as truly a last resort," retired Air Force Major General Howard Thompson and former Lieutenant General Dan Leaf wrote in a report published by Real Clear Defense.
The report by the former generals comes in the wake of China and Russia vetoing sanctions against North Korea last month for the first time since October 2006, according to CNN, despite a series of North Korean ballistic missile tests that were launched during the first half of this year.
"This first-ever rejection of sanctions marks the emergence of an unholy trinity implicitly willing to hold the world order at risk by threatening, and perhaps executing, limited nuclear attack," the former generals said.
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