Chapter 358: Nuclear Monopoly

Everyone knows that China's strategic nuclear submarines are like a steel knife hanging over the head of the United States, which may fall at any time. For the first time in nearly 200 years since the founding of the United States, the United States feels that war is so close to them. After all, a nuclear war is not like a conventional war, and politicians can hide in the United States while drinking hot coffee while pointing fingers and making irresponsible remarks about a war that is being fought thousands or even thousands of miles away. Nuclear war is a matter of whether you have money or not, whether you have money or not, whether you have the right or not. Who is not afraid, the richer and more powerful the person is, the more afraid.

Therefore, the "Sino-US Ocean Agreement" signed by Kennedy and China to keep China's "nuclear steel knife" away from itself was unanimously applauded, and everyone stood up and applauded together.

ok! The U.S.-China Ocean Agreement was overwhelmingly passed in the U.S. Congress.

This undoubtedly "added points" to the political situation of Kennedy, the initiator of the "nuclear crisis" between China and the United States, and then Kennedy briefed everyone in Congress that China and the United States had reached a cooperation intention on absolutely banning nuclear tests in the earth's atmosphere.

"Good!" There was another round of cheers and whistles.

China and the United States have reached an agreement on an absolute ban on nuclear testing in the Earth's atmosphere. Is it really that important?

Important, very important!

The United States dropped two atomic bombs, a "little boy" and a "fat man," on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, opening a precedent for the use of nuclear weapons in human warfare. All major powers regard the development of nuclear weapons as the most important task in safeguarding their national security, and they are doing their best to develop nuclear weapons even if they are bankrupt. In this world, without the atomic bomb, you would not have your part in speaking. The two big countries, the United States and the Soviet Union, produced and stockpiled such weapons of mass destruction in large quantities.

As the earliest country in the world to research and develop nuclear weapons, the United States is also the country with the largest number of nuclear warheads, and with the "little boys" and "fat men" dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it killed and injured about 300,000 ordinary people, forcing the United States to quickly choose the successful "war example" of surrender, laying the foundation for US nuclear hegemony and firmly establishing the number one position as the leader of the Western world. For a long time, the atomic bomb has become the most powerful and effective nuclear stick used by the United States, an international police force, to threaten and blackmail other countries.

The benefits of the atomic bomb to the United States are simply too many. The United States, of course, wants to maintain this nuclear superiority forever. They believe that China only conducted its first thermonuclear test in March 1956, and then only conducted one high-altitude, one underground and one underwater nuclear test, and that it is difficult to identify the power and other capabilities of nuclear devices with such a small number of tests, verify whether the theoretical calculations and structural design are reasonable, and provide a basis for improving the design or finalization of nuclear weapons. It is also impossible to fully understand the changes in the phenomenon of nuclear explosion and various lethal and destructive factors in a nuclear explosion environment. The United States wants to prevent China from further developing nuclear weapons by limiting nuclear testing.

In addition, following the successful nuclear test of the "blue jerboa" in February 1960 by France at a nuclear test site in the Sahara Desert in Algeria, where the first nuclear test was carried out with a yield of 60,000-70,000 tons of TNT explosives, the five permanent members of the United Nations have all possessed nuclear weapons.

Through the current nuclear crisis with China, the United States is extremely worried that more countries will possess nuclear weapons to provoke the authority of the United States and the "clamour" of the United States, so in the current Sino-US talks, the United States took the lead in proposing the issue of absolutely prohibiting nuclear tests in the earth's atmosphere and preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons.

What the United States did not expect was that this proposal received a positive response from the Chinese side, which gave the United States an unexpected surprise, and they thought they had taken a big advantage.

Although China has conducted only four very limited nuclear tests, it is the fewest among the five nuclear-weapon States. However, in the base 205 library, there are physical objects of hydrogen bombs and neutron bombs in later generations, and in the computers of 205 warehouse, all the data of all 45 nuclear tests carried out by China in later generations, as well as electronic data of theoretical calculations and structural design programs. Therefore, there is no need to conduct hundreds or even thousands of nuclear tests to determine the explosive yield of a nuclear device, determine the situation of the nuclear reaction inside the nuclear device, and determine the parameters of the nuclear explosion effect, as the United States and the Soviet Union did.

China certainly does not have as many nuclear warheads as the United States, nor as many as the USSR. But in terms of quality and delivery vehicles, it has far surpassed the United States and the Soviet Union, not to mention Britain and France, and China is undoubtedly the country with the most advanced nuclear technology in this era. Of course, the United States has no way of knowing about China's nuclear equipment and research. As China, of course, it also wants to maintain this qualitative advantage. Therefore, on the issue of absolutely prohibiting nuclear testing in the earth's atmosphere and preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons, China and the United States can be said to hit it off.

National Security Advisor to the President of the United States. When Kennedy raised this issue during the Sino-US talks, he put on a worried look, saying: "We have always been worried about the nuclear standoff between the two camps. And now we are even more worried about the nuclear crisis in China and the United States. He casually put a high hat on himself and China: "Of course, the United States and China are both major countries responsible for world peace and human survival, and we have enough wisdom to solve the problems we are facing, and we will never easily use nuclear weapons as the ultimate means." ”

Nation. Kennedy looked at Li Dawei, who was expressionless and impassive, and then he dressed up the United States as a lovely angel of peace: "We, the American political axe, have always advocated restricting the development of nuclear weapons, which are weapons of mass destruction. As early as December 1953, then-US President Dwight D. Eisenhower submitted a proposal to the 8th session of the United Nations General Assembly for the peaceful use of atomic energy, urging the establishment of a regime aimed at disseminating peaceful nuclear technology. President Dwight D. Eisenhower's proposal led to the establishment of the IAEA in 1957, which had the dual responsibility of promoting and regulating nuclear technology. However, the agency has not effectively restricted the research of nuclear weapons and the testing of nuclear devices. Therefore, we hope to work with China to develop a set of effective measures to stop the testing of nuclear weapons by various countries and prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons.

Li Dawei couldn't figure out what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd by the National Security Assistant to the President of the United States for a while? Therefore, after thinking for a moment, he said: "On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, and the shadow of nuclear terror began to loom over mankind. In order to truly solve these problems, the most fundamental thing is to establish a just and rational new international political and economic order, and the nuclear powers should not use nuclear weapons or threaten nuclear force at every turn in international affairs.

Li Dawei went on to say: China's development of nuclear weapons was completely out of necessity under the nuclear threat, and immediately after the founding of New China, it felt the threat of a nuclear attack by the United States. In November 1950, then-US President Harry S. Truman declared at a press conference that the use of nuclear weapons "is already under consideration." At the same time, U.S. bombers loaded with atomic bombs were stationed on Guam and were ready to carry out a nuclear bombing of China. Mr. Assistant, what I said is good, isn't it?

Nation. Kennedy was neither sure nor negative, his eyes were fixed on Li Dawei, and he listened to him continue.

Li Dawei said with emotion: "In August 1949, the Soviet Union achieved its first nuclear explosion, New China had just been founded, and a friendship treaty was signed with the Soviet Union. Stalin, fearing that he would bring disaster to himself, did not even agree to send his air force to cover the volunteers, so how could he completely count on the Soviet Union to prevent a nuclear attack by the United States? It is precisely because you, the United States, have seen this that they dare to make a nuclear threat against us. It is in this context that we are compelled to resolve to build our own strategic nuclear counterstrike forces. China's development and production of limited nuclear weapons is entirely defensive and is used only when our core interests have been greatly harmed. Our ultimate goal is to prohibit or even completely eliminate nuclear weapons. ”

Nation. Kennedy nodded and said: "Mr. Deputy Foreign Minister, I can understand the need for your China to develop nuclear weapons, and what I want to say now is that we, the United States and China, the two major powers, must first prohibit the five countries in the world that already possess nuclear weapons, and then continue to develop nuclear weapons indefinitely and prevent the spread of nuclear weapons to other non-nuclear countries and regions." We must have a unified understanding and take concerted action on this issue. It is in the interest of all States to establish a strong international nuclear weapons monitoring mechanism. ”

Li Dawei accurately understood what the United States meant, which is to maintain the status quo of China, the United States, the Soviet Union, Britain, and France, which already possess nuclear weapons, and not to allow further development or proliferation to other non-nuclear countries and regions.

Heh, heh, joke! Is this in the interest of all countries? To put it nicely, is this fair to the countries that are post-developing nuclear weapons? Is this fair to those who do not have nuclear weapons? In this world there are things that are in the interests of all countries! There is nothing fair in this world. Li Dawei immediately realized that the United States wanted to join China in maintaining its nuclear superiority and maintaining its nuclear monopoly status as the five permanent members of the UN Security Council. Okay! If this can be done, it is definitely in China's interest.

Li Dawei thought of this and smiled and said, "This is indeed a good idea." But he immediately asked a series of questions: "Bang. Mr. Kennedy, have you ever thought about it on the American side, how can you guarantee that the United States will no longer develop nuclear weapons? How do you prohibit the countries of the world that already possess nuclear weapons from developing nuclear weapons? How do you prevent the five countries that now possess nuclear weapons from proliferating nuclear weapons to other non-nuclear countries and regions? What about things like the deployment of nuclear weapons by the United States in South Korea this time? ”

Li Dawei knew that the various nuclear disarmament agreements and non-proliferation treaties formulated by later generations did not work well and did not serve their due purpose at all.

In order to pursue the political, economic, or strategic interests of their own countries, almost all nuclear-armed states will, to varying degrees, and in different forms, carry out nuclear "proliferation" of their "fraternal countries." The United States and Russia are the most serious. The United States, in particular, has been the worst in its dealings with nuclear disarmament and nuclear proliferation. While maintaining its huge nuclear arsenal and restricting the development of others, the United States has vigorously developed its own offensive and defensive level of nuclear weapons, broken the original global strategic balance and stability, and deployed NMD throughout the world in order to seek its own absolute security and establish its own hegemonic status in the world.

"This is very easy to do, that is, all countries absolutely prohibit nuclear testing in the earth's atmosphere, including atmospheric nuclear tests, high-altitude, underground, and underwater nuclear tests." Nation. Kennedy said with some excitement: "Today, with the rapid development of science and technology, the United States, China, and the Soviet Union have the ability to monitor the earthquakes and nuclear fallout produced by nuclear explosions anywhere on the earth. ”

Li Dawei thought to himself: Judging from the situation in later generations, the countries that have developed nuclear weapons are all in Asia, but of course, the current situation and the fundamental changes have taken place, and India will not be able to make an atomic bomb without the support of China. However, if it is really possible to sign a treaty with a mandatory surname, it is good that countries like Ah San in later generations dare to regard China as an enemy and develop nuclear weapons to "bring it to justice". He was secretly happy, but his expression pretended to be disdainful and asked, "It's okay to know where to conduct a live explosion nuclear test, but what about knowing?" ”

"If we are five permanent members of the United Nations, the United States, China, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and France. At the same time, the five nuclear-armed states, especially the United States and China, can unify their understanding and take concerted action on this issue. The establishment of a strong international nuclear weapons monitoring mechanism and a strict verification regime can achieve the goal of preventing non-compliance. "Bang. Kennedy said with confidence.

"Mr. Assistant, first of all, your idea is indeed good, but it lacks a surname," Li Dawei paid more attention to the rules of the game, and the surname was reasonable, "I just said that there is no problem in discovering who is conducting a nuclear test in the earth's atmosphere, and even verification may be done." The question is what next? Who's going to do it? How do these five relationships reconcile? ”

Nation. Kennedy seemed to be prepared for this question, and he smiled and said, "Mr. Deputy Foreign Secretary, this is easy to do." ”

(To be continued)