The New York Times reported on the 20th (local time) that US President Joe Biden approved changes to the “Nuclear Weapons Operation Guidelines” in March in response to the nuclear threat cooperation between North Korea, China, and Russia, which are rapidly increasing their nuclear weapons and have recently become closer militarily. This is interpreted as a countermeasure against China’s rapid increase in the types and scale of its nuclear weapons, as well as the acceleration of military cooperation between North Korea and Russia following the outbreak of the Ukraine War.
The New York Times reported on that day, “President Biden signed the revised Nuclear Employment Guidance in March.” “This document, which is revised every four years, is so confidential that there are no electronic copies and it was distributed in hard copy only to a small number of national security officials and Pentagon commanders.”
The new guidelines reportedly emphasize the need for the United States to control China, which is expected to possess 1,500 nuclear weapons by 2035, and North Korea, which currently possesses more than 60 nuclear weapons.
“This change in guidance is particularly in light of China’s growing nuclear arsenal and its diversity,” said Vipin Narang, a professor of nuclear strategy at MIT and former deputy assistant secretary of defense for space policy in the Biden administration. The Pentagon estimates that China will have 1,000 nuclear warheads by 2030 and 1,500 by 2035. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), a Swedish think tank, said, “China is expanding its nuclear arsenal faster than any other country.” The U.S. needs to have nuclear safety talks, such as setting up a hotline to prevent military tensions from escalating into a nuclear conflict, but is concerned that such talks have recently been suspended as the conflict between the U.S. and China deepens, the Times reported.
The New York Times reported that regarding North Korea, “Former President Donald Trump confidently stated after his meeting with North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-un that ‘Kim Jong-un will give up nuclear weapons,’ but the result was the opposite,” and “North Korea currently possesses more than 60 nuclear weapons.” This is close to the number of nuclear weapons possessed by Pakistan and Israel, and it is analyzed that it is a threat because it is at a level where it can coordinate a nuclear attack with China and Russia. Richard Haass, former president of the Council on Foreign Relations, emphasized in an interview with the New York Times that “the idea that nuclear weapons will not be used in war is no longer a safe assumption.”
Reporter Choi Ji-seon [email protected]
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