国防部：敦促美方大幅、实质削减核武库
Ministry of National Defense: Urge the US to Substantively Reduce Its Nuclear Arsenal
8月29日下午，国防部举行例行记者会，国防部新闻局局长、国防部新闻发言人吴谦大校答记者问。
记者：据报道，美国总统拜登今年3月批准了一项高度机密的核战略计划，该战略在中国核武库增加背景下首次提到遏制中国的计划。美方还称2026年2月美俄《新削减战略武器条约》到期后将大幅扩充战略核武库，以同时应对来自俄罗斯、中国、伊朗、朝鲜等拥核国家的挑战。请问发言人有何评论？
Question: It’s reported that US President Biden approved in March a highly classified nuclear strategy that, for the first time, reoriented America’s nuclear deterrent strategy toward the so-called “expanding nuclear arsenal of China”. The US side also said that it would dramatically expand its strategic nuclear arsenal starting from February 2026, when the US-Russia New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) would expire, so as to simultaneously counter challenges posed by nuclear-weapon states including Russia, China, Iran and the DPRK. Do you have any comment?
吴谦：中方坚决反对美方以不存在的“中国核威胁论”为借口，扩张核武库，推卸自己的核裁军责任。中国坚定奉行自卫防御的核战略，始终将核力量维持在国家安全需要的最低水平。众所周知，美国拥有全球最大核武库，坚持以首先使用核武器为基础的核威慑政策。近年来还投入巨资推动核武器小型化实战化，在核扩散问题上大搞“双重标准”，严重威胁全球战略稳定。我们敦促美方摒弃冷战思维，进一步大幅、实质削减核武库，停止搞“核共享”、“延伸威慑”、“核联盟”，以实际行动促进世界的和平与稳定。
Wu Qian: China firmly opposes the US expanding its nuclear arsenal and shirking responsibilities for nuclear disarmament under the pretext of the non-existent “China nuclear threat”. China pursues a nuclear strategy of self-defense, and keeps its nuclear force at the minimum level required for national security. It is known to all that the US is in possession of the largest nuclear arsenal in the world, and it follows a nuclear policy that allows first-use of nuclear weapons. In recent years, the US has invested heavily to miniaturize nuclear weapons for real combat, exercised “double standard” on nuclear proliferation, which severely threatens global strategic stability. We urge the US to abandon Cold-War mentality, further reduce its nuclear arsenal in a substantive manner, stop proliferating nuclear material and technology, refrain from extending nuclear deterrence or expanding nuclear alliance, and take concrete actions to promote global strategic stability.