02-04-2017, 11:27 PM
(02-04-2017, 05:27 PM)John J. Xenakis Wrote: If China were NOT planning war, it would have no use for the thousands
of missiles targeting the US and Russia, or for those new missiles on
Russia's border, and China would not be confiscating other people's
fishing grounds and building military bases in the South China Sea.
It strikes me that China is trying to catch up with the US and Russia on nuclear weapons capability, not trying to gain a first strike capability. Currently China is behind France; they have a lot of catching up to do. By your definition of "planning war", are the US and Russia "planning war"?