China’s expanding nuclear arsenal and military reach gravely threaten Indo-Pacific stability, with analysts stressing that sharing missile defense data and intelligence among Washington, Tokyo, and Canberra is critical to countering the regime.
Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi warned on May 31 that attempts to unilaterally change the status quo in the Indo-Pacific by force or coercion are intensifying.
“The boundary between peacetime and contingency is becoming increasingly unclear,” Koizumi said on the final day of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.
Without explicitly naming China, Koizumi said a certain country possesses a massive nuclear arsenal and strategic bombers, yet Japan—which lacks such weapons—is being accused of “new militarism.”…
China’s Expanding Nuclear Arsenal and Military Reach Gravely Threaten Indo-Pacific Stability: Analysts
