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Experts Advocate Theater Nuclear Deterrent to Counter China
The United States is considering a significant military buildup, but experts argue that redeploying theater nuclear forces to the Western Pacific is crucial to counter China’s growing nuclear arsenal and reassure anxious allies like South Korea and Japan. According to Breaking Defense, the US has not deployed an offsetting regional nuclear deterrent since the end of the Cold War, leaving a gap in its military capabilities that China may exploit.