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100 1 _aTKACIK Michael
245 _aChinese nuclear weapons enhancements:
_bimplications for Chinese employment policy /
_cMichael Tkacik.
260 _c2014
520 _aChina is undertaking substantial modernization of its nuclear weapons programmes, a process widely assumed to be in response to American counter capabilities. However this article points out that a different interpretation is possible: namely that China seeks nuclear warfighting capacity and may not observe the same constraints on use of nuclear weapons as have so far held worldwide since 1945. The article also acknowledges that there is still much that is unknown about China's nuclear systems and forces.
650 _aCHINA
_xNUCLEAR WEAPONS
773 _aDefence Studies:
_gVol 14 No 2, June 2014, pp.161-191 (105)
856 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14702436.2014.889471
_zLink to full text.
945 _i43287-1001
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