Will China make a dangerous shift on nuclear weapons?

Read More > This Just In Will China make a dangerous shift on nuclear weapons? Unlike the United States and Russia, China’s relatively small nuclear arsenal is currently not on hair-trigger alert—but that may soon change. Recent excerpts and quotes from Chinese military sources suggest pressure is building within China to change its nuclear posture toward a policy of launch-on-warning and hair-trigger alert. As our new report shows, such a change could significantly increase the risk of a nuclear exchange or accident—a dangerous shift that the United States could help avert. READ MORE  China’s Military Calls for Putting Its Nuclear Forces on Alert (2016) http://www.ucsusa.org/nuclear-weapons/us-china-relations/china-hair-trigger?autologin=true#.Vt75_lLPlKo